Maritime museums · Yorkshire & the Humber
Arctic Corsair
Arctic Corsair in England Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Bernard Sharp — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Arctic Corsair is a preserved museum ship in England Yorkshire, United Kingdom — a vessel of historic significance preserved as a public visitor attraction. Britain's museum ships span Tudor warships (Mary Rose), tea clippers (Cutty Sark), Victorian battleships (HMS Warrior) and 20th-century submarines.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Arctic Corsair (H320) is a deep-sea trawler, built in 1960, that was converted to a museum ship in 1999. She is temporarily berthed at Alexandra Dock in Kingston upon Hull, England, pending completion of a new permanent location in the city's Museums Quarter. Exhibits and guides aboard the boat tell the story of Hull's deep-sea fishing industry.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In September 1967 Arctic Corsair was holed on her starboard side in a collision off the coast of Scotland with the Irish collier Olive in thick fog. The skipper, Charles Pitts, said that Icelandic seamen were becoming "more ambitious and dangerous in their tactics". With his ship holed below the waterline, and patched up temporarily by the Royal Navy, Pitts decided to head for home for permanent repairs. Arctic Corsair was out of action for several months. In 1978 she was converted for midwater trawling, and in 1981 laid up at Hull. In 1985 she was taken out of retirement and reconverted for normal fishing. She was renamed Arctic Cavalier in 1988.
Description
The Arctic Corsair is Hull's last surviving sidewinder trawler, a type of ship that formed the backbone of the city's deep sea fishing fleet. She was built in 1960, at Cook, Welton & Gemmell in Beverley, and was the second diesel-engined trawler built for the Boyd Line, the first being the Arctic Cavalier which was launched the previous month.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.7428, -0.3278
- District
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Parish
- Kingston upon Hull, City of, unparished area
- Postcode
- HU1 1AA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Kingston upon Hull East
- Established
- 1999
Sources
- wikidata: Q4787507 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Arctic Corsair (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Arctic Corsair?
- Arctic Corsair is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode HU1 1AA), in the parish of Kingston upon Hull, City of, unparished area.
- When was Arctic Corsair built?
- Built or established in 1999.
- Who owns Arctic Corsair?
- Arctic Corsair is owned by Boyd Line, Hull.
- How do I get to Arctic Corsair?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HU1 1AA. It sits within the Kingston upon Hull East parliamentary constituency.