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4 unusual facts about Tall Ships


Bjarne Ugland

After retiring from politics, Ugland served as chair and deputy chair of Kristiansand Næringsselskap, board member of the Kilden Performing Arts Centre and project leader in a local Tall Ships' Races event.

Hartlepool railway station

The work was finished for the Tall Ships' Races in August 2010 at a cost of £4m and was originally used for park and ride services terminating in the town for the event.

MV The Second Snark

On Monday 11 July 2011, she made an appearance in James Watt Dock in Greenock as part of the Greenock Tall Ships Race event.

Tall Ships' Races

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Show of Hands Live

It is often today referred to as their first album whatsoever, with their first three cassette albums (Show of Hands, Tall Ships and Out for the Count) being dropped from the canon (and replaced with the Backlog album) and are generally referred to as demo albums due to them being recorded in home studios with little production.


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Brian Kesinger

Following this he became involved with the film Treasure Planet and grew to like tall ships and sci-fi.

Jeanie Johnston

Other notable Irish tall ships or sail training ships are the Asgard II (lost in the Bay of Biscay in 2008), the Dunbrody, the Lord Rank (N.I.) and the Creidne (I.N.S.).

Johnny Collins

including in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland and France as well as making frequent appearances in his native country at Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races, and maritime festivals at Hull, Lancaster, Bristol, Dundee, Maldon, Portsmouth, Gosport, Greenwich and Chatham.

Kinetic architecture

The first is for functional buildings such as bridges which can elevate their midsections to allow tall ships to pass, or stadiums with retractable roofs such as the Veltins-Arena, Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, or Wembley Stadium.