HMS SURPRISE (SHIP)

Type:	Full rigged ship
Built:	1970, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Homeport:	San Diego, California
Official Number:	928811
Sparred Length:	179 ft (54.6 m)
Length on deck:	135 ft (41.1 m)
Length waterline:	114 ft (37.7 m)
Beam:	32 ft (9.7 m)
Draft:	13 ft (4.0 m)
Rig Height:	130 ft (39.6 m)
Displacement:	500 tons
Sail Area:	13,000 sq. ft (1208 m²)

'''HMS Surprise''' is a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia as '''Rose''' in 1970 to a Phil Bolger design based on the original 18th century Admiralty drawings. She was a replica of HMS ''Rose'', a sixth-rate frigate built in 1757.
The ship was inspected and certified by the United States Coast Guard and operated as a sail training vessel in the 1980s and 1990s, run by the HMS Rose Foundation based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Although she is known by the national prefix 'HMS', meaning Her (or His) Majesty's Ship, she is not technically entitled to it as she does not hold a royal warrant.
She was sold to the 20th Century Fox film studio in 2001 to be used in the making of the film '', in which she portrayed the fictional Royal Navy frigate ''Surprise'' with a story based on several of the books by Patrick O'Brian. After the film was complete, the ship was purchased by the San Diego Maritime Museum who plan on restoring her to sailing condition. The ship has officially been reregistered as '''HMS Surprise''' in honour of her role in the film[1]. It is planned that she will sail again in March or April 2007.

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★ Tall ship ''Rose''

★ ''HMS Surprise'' at SDMM

★ HMS Surprise historically preserved as a wooden model.