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Lynx is a square topsail schooner based in Nantucket, Massachusetts.She is an interpretation of an American letter of marque vessel of the same name from 1812. The original Lynx completed one voyage, running the Royal Navy blockade; the British captured her in 1813 at the start of her second voyage and took her into service as HMS Mosquidobit.
HMS Lynx – one of ten vessels or shore establishments of the British Royal Navy; USS Lynx – one of two vessel names of the US Navy; USS Lynx II (SP-730) – a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919; French corvette Lynx (1804) – The British captured her in 1807 and named her HMS Heureux. She was broken up in 1814.
A full-scale sailing replica of this schooner, the tall ship Lynx, was built at Rockport, Maine, in 2001 by Woods Maritime under President Woodson K Woods, and then operated in California. Her home is now Nantucket, Massachusetts, transferring from port of registry previously Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Donald Peacock, captain of the tall ship Lynx, will collaborate with troubadour Bill Schustik in a story-telling and musical tribute to the 1814 Battle of Nantucket, considered one of the most ...
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
The Lynx is one of three tall ships scheduled to appear at Sail Portsmouth’s Parade of Sail on Thursday, Aug. 11, and participate in the festival Aug. 12 to 14.
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
Star Flyer, a 112 m (367 ft) sail cruise ship launched in 1991, in the Pacific. This is a list of large sailing vessels, past and present, including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing cruise ships, and large sailing military ships. It is sorted by overall length.