![]() Surprise in 2005 at the Maritime Museum of San Diego
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History | |
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Name | HMS Surprise |
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Port of registry | ![]() |
Builder | Smith and Rhuland Shipyard, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
Launched | 1970 |
Renamed | HMS Rose (1970-2007) |
Homeport | San Diego, California |
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Status | Active Museum Ship |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 500 long tons (508 t) |
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Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Height | of Rig 130 ft (40 m) |
Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion | Twin Diesel (300 HP Each) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship, sail area 13,000 sq ft (1,200 m2) |
Armament | 28 × 9-pound cannons (non-operational) |
HMS Surprise is a modern tall ship built at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The vessel was built in 1970 as HMS Rose to a Phil Bolger design based on the original 18th-century British Admiralty drawings of HMS Rose, a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship from 1757.