FRIGATE "GRAND TURK"

A bit of maritime history now, this post is dedicated to the british sailing frigate GRAND TURK, a replica of the original HMS BLANDFORD from 1741, the ship was built in Turkey and launched in 1997, she was used for the TV series HORNBLOWER filmed between 1998 and 2003 as the INDEFATIGABLE, series based on the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, today the ship is used mainly on sailing events, my pictures taken at Whitby on the 20.06.2009