Model ship - Belem

Belem ship model France Belem (ship)

Belem moored in Ostend, Belgium
Story
France
Name
Belém (1896–1914)
Lesser Antilles (1914–1921)
Phantom II (1921–1952)
Giorgio Cini (1952–1979)
Belem (1979-present)
Homonym Belém, Brazil
Manufacturer Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes (Chantenay-sur-Loire)
Launched on June 10, 1896
Inaugural voyage, July 31, 1896 to Montevideo and Belém, Brazil
Home port
Nantes
Identification
IMO Number: 8622983
MMSI number : 227051000
Call sign: FUZW
Status Active
General features
Tonnage
406 metric tons
534 tonnes of gross tonnage
Displacement 750 tonnes
Length
51 m (167 feet 4 inches) LPP
48 m (157 feet 6 inches) overall length
58 m (190 feet 3 inches) ( LPP + bompresso )
Beam 8.8 m (28 feet 10 inches)
Draft 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 2 diesel engines
Sail plan Sailboat
Belem is a three-masted brigantine originating from France.


Line drawing of Belem
Its maiden voyage as a merchant ship occurred in 1896, transporting sugar from the West Indies, cacao and coffee from Brazil and French Guiana to Nantes, France.

Story
La Belem escaped the eruption of Mount Pelée at Saint-Pierre, in Martinique, on May 8, 1902. Arriving in Saint-Pierre before the eruption, Captain Julien Chauvelon discovered that the harbors were full of vessels. Not having a place to moor the ship, Chauvelon, furious, decided to moor a few miles farther out, off a beach, which offered shelter during the volcano's eruption.

In 1914 it was sold to Hugh Grosvenor, the 2nd Duke of Westminster, who transformed it into his luxurious private pleasure yacht, complete with two Bolinder Diesel auxiliary engines of 300 hp each.

In 1922 it became the property of Sir Ernest Guinness, of the Guinness family, who renamed it Fantôme II and modified its square-rigged sailing gear. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Guinness was Rear Commodore of the Royal St. George Yacht Club, in Kingstown, Ireland, from 1921 to 1939. He was Vice Commodore from 1940 to 1948. He took Fantôme II on a cruise in 1923 with his daughters Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh. [ 3 ] They sailed around the world via the Panama and Suez canals, including a visit to Spitsbergen. During its approach to the port of Yokohama while navigating the Pacific Ocean, the brigantine managed to escape another catastrophe: an earthquake that destroyed the port and parts of the city of Yokohama. Guinness died in 1949. Fantôme II was moored in Cowes Roads, Isle of Wight.

In 1951 it was sold to industrialist Vittorio Cini, who named it Giorgio Cini in honor of his son, who died in an airplane crash near Cannes on August 31, 1949. It was fitted out as a sailing vessel and used as a training ship until 1965, when it was deemed too old for further use and was moored at the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, in Venice.

In 1972 the Italian Carabinieri tried to restore her to her original rig, a brigantine on a single mast. When this proved too expensive, she became the property of the shipyard. In 1976 the ship was re-rigged as a brigantine.

Finally, in January 1979, she returned to her home port as Belem, towed by a French tug, flying the French flag after 65 years. Fully restored and brought back to her original condition, she began a new career as a sailing training ship.

On May 8 and 9, 2024, it carried the Olympic flame for the upcoming torch relay of the 2024 Summer Olympics, sailing from Athens, Greece, to Marseille. [4]

In August 2025 it is the flagship of Hanse Sail. [ 5 ]

Current specifications of the Belem

The Belem in Dublin on July 14, 2010
406 tonnes and 51 m in length

Riveted steel keel (for older parts)
Iron sheet: 11 mm
Ballast in the hull: 4,500 castings of 50 kg each
Hull length without the bowsprit: 51 m
Length of the bowsprit: 7 m
Maximum length: 58 m
Length at the waterline: 48 m
Beam at midship: 8.80 m
Modeled depth: 4.60 m
Draft: 3.60 m
BRT: 534 tonnes
Displacement: 750 tonnes
Mast - rigging

Steel spindles in two parts (lower spindle, cage spindle)
Height of the main mast above the waterline: 34 m
Lower pennons in steel, upper pennons gallant and royal in wood
Approximately 220 points of current maneuvers
About 250 simple, double and triple blocks
4500 m of current maneuvers in polyamide rope
Vele

Number of sails: 22
Sail area: 1000.5 m^2 (all measurements indicated above, excluding the storm sail)
Propulsion and equipment

Powered by two diesel engines: John Deere 6135AFM, 575 hp each (installed February 2013)
2 drive shafts, 2 four-blade propellers
3 generators
Diesel storage: 40 tonnes
Cruising range: 24 days at 7 knots, about 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)
Freshwater reserve: 20 tonnes
Around 3 tonnes of water are produced per day using a dialyzer.
Electric winch
Three hydraulic winches: two small ones on the deck, one on each side, used to hoist the upper pennants, but never used during training; one large winch at the stern, in front of the mainmast, used to hoist the mooring lines during docking operations.
Performance

Maximum speed with the engine on calm, flat sea: from 8 to 9 knots
Maximum sailing speed: from 11 to 12 knots
Wind capacity at a beam of 75°
Time required to unfurl all sails in favorable weather conditions: from 30 to 40 minutes.
Time required to hoist all sails in good weather: from 50 to 60 minutes
Duration of a full turn: 15 to 20 minutes depending on wind conditions.
Crew members


A completed Belem kit model.
16 men: 1 captain, 1 executive officer, 2 lieutenants, 1 chief engineer, 2 cooks, 1 boatswain, 1 carpenter, 7 sailors (two of whom were in the French National Service until 2000)
Staff management by the Société Nantaise de Navigation.
Maximum number of interns: 48 (two shifts of 24, divided into three groups of 16)

Origin: French noble family, resident in the Loire, acquired in Italy, late 20th century.