Darvin Atkeson
Pirates of the Caribbean - HMS Interceptor makes way under a Full Moon
Most of you probably know her as the HMS Interceptor in the blockbuster movie Pirates Of The Caribbean which Captain Jack Sparrow steals along with young Will Turner in pursuit of the Black Pearl. In reality she's a modern remake of The Lady Washington. A 90 ton merchant sloop that sailed around Cape Horn, participated in the fur and pelt trade and the first American ship to ever sail to Japan. The original sank just off the Philippines in the late 1700s.
This replica of the Lady Washington now sails out of Aberdeen Washington on educational voyages. We heard the tall ship would be in coming up the Sacramento River Delta near our home. I had hoped to catch her under full sail. I settled for the Lady Under A Full Moon on the Sacramento River Delta which was in no way a disappointment.
Lady Washington Statistics
Length on deck 67 feet
Length on the waterline 72 feet
Overall length 112 feet
Draft 11 feet
Beam 22 feet
Mast height 89 feet
Displacement 210 tons
Gross tonnage 99 tons
Total sail area 4,442 square feet
Rigging approximately six miles
Guns two, three pounders. two swivels, aft.
Crew compliment 12
Passenger capacity 48
© Darvin Atkeson
Pirates of the Caribbean - HMS Interceptor makes way under a Full Moon
Most of you probably know her as the HMS Interceptor in the blockbuster movie Pirates Of The Caribbean which Captain Jack Sparrow steals along with young Will Turner in pursuit of the Black Pearl. In reality she's a modern remake of The Lady Washington. A 90 ton merchant sloop that sailed around Cape Horn, participated in the fur and pelt trade and the first American ship to ever sail to Japan. The original sank just off the Philippines in the late 1700s.
This replica of the Lady Washington now sails out of Aberdeen Washington on educational voyages. We heard the tall ship would be in coming up the Sacramento River Delta near our home. I had hoped to catch her under full sail. I settled for the Lady Under A Full Moon on the Sacramento River Delta which was in no way a disappointment.
Lady Washington Statistics
Length on deck 67 feet
Length on the waterline 72 feet
Overall length 112 feet
Draft 11 feet
Beam 22 feet
Mast height 89 feet
Displacement 210 tons
Gross tonnage 99 tons
Total sail area 4,442 square feet
Rigging approximately six miles
Guns two, three pounders. two swivels, aft.
Crew compliment 12
Passenger capacity 48
© Darvin Atkeson