History | |
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Name | Sir Robert Baden Powell |
Laid down | 1957 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 250 tons |
Length | 42 meters (138 ft) |
Beam | 236 meters (118 ft)) |
Complement | 4/5 |
The Sir Robert Baden Powell is a steel-hulled schooner flying the Dutch flag. Her current home base is Lemmer in the Netherlands. It is the name of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting.
This schooner was built in Poland under the name Robert. [1]
In 1991 it was transformed to look like a Baltimore Clipper and named after the creator of the scouting movement Baden Powell. [2]
In 2008, it took part in the 2008 Brest Maritime Festival.