One of the ships on show this Bank Holiday weekend at the Gloucester Tall Ships Festival is Morgenster.
Built in 1919, cialis the Dutch brigantine started out life as ‘Vrouwe Maria’ (Lady Maria), advice a fishing ship patrolling the North Sea. After various improvements and expansions, the name was changed to Morganster in 1959.
The ship has also been used for sport fishing and was once used as a radio ship for Dutch station Radio Delmare.
It was used as a sail training ship during the nineties, but since 2008, Morganster can found sailing in European waters once again.
Festival-goers who snap up one of the £6 passes – valid for all three days of the Tall Ships on May 23-25 – will be able to explore the dry dock and look under the incredible ship like never before.
The Festival Passes allow admission to the festival, unlimited access to all the tall ships, the Gloucester Waterways Museum and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, and accompanied under-16s go free.
Admission to the Tall Ships festival is £2 each day for adults without a Festival Pass and free for accompanied under-16s. To buy Festival Passes online, visit www.gloucestertallships.co.uk.
A £1 booking fee will apply to all Festival Passes bought online.
