STS Lord Nelson

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'''STS ''Lord Nelson''''' was a sail training ship operated by the Jubilee Sailing Trust. She was designed by Colin Mudie<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R72nAwAAQBAJ&q=sts+lord+nelson&pg=PA11|title=Tall Ships Today: Their remarkable story|last=Rowe|first=Nigel|date=2014-07-03|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9781472903488|language=en}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=July 2024}} and launched on 17 October 1986.<ref name="JST_LN">{{cite web |title=Lord Nelson |url=http://jst.org.uk/our-tall-ships/lord-nelson |publisher=Jubilee Sailing Trust |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214093628/http://jst.org.uk/our-tall-ships/lord-nelson/ |archive-date=14 February 2019 |location=Southampton |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The ship was built by the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) and, along with the SV ''Tenacious'', the pair were the only tall ships in the world that are wheelchair accessible throughout. The JST are an international UN accredited charity offering sailing adventures to people of all abilities and backgrounds. She was decommissioned in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-49083646 |title=Jubilee Sailing Trust to decommission tall ship after financial review |date=23 July 2019 |work=BBC News|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref>

== Design and construction == STS ''Lord Nelson'' was commissioned by the Jubilee Sailing Trust, and the build was started in the summer of 1984 at the yard of James W Cook, Wivenhoe, Essex. She was designed by Colin Mudie, and is his design no 342. The ship was launched almost a year after the formal keel laying.<ref name=JST_LN/> After J W Cook went into voluntary liquidation, ''Lord Nelson'' was moved to Vosper Thornycroft's yard in Woolston, Southampton. As a result of an industrial dispute at Vospers, ''Lord Nelson'' had to move again, this time to Coles Yard in Cowes where the remainder of the work was carried out. She was finally sailed in completed form from Southampton on 17 October 1986.<ref name=JST_LN/>

== In service == STS ''Lord Nelson'' completed more than 1,600 accessible voyages during her 33 years at sea with the Jubilee Sailing Trust.<ref name=JST2021>{{cite web |title=Jubilee Sailing Trust puts Lord Nelson up for sale |url=https://jst.org.uk/jubilee-sailing-trust-puts-lord-nelson-up-for-sale/ |publisher=Jubilee Sailing Trust |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513221653/https://jst.org.uk/jubilee-sailing-trust-puts-lord-nelson-up-for-sale/ |archive-date=13 May 2021 |location=Southampton}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-50938650|title=Lord Nelson tall ship for disabled people may get Bristol home |work=BBC News|date=29 December 2019|access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref>

She finished her final voyage on 10 October 2019 to Southampton, and was subsequently moved to Bristol docks for decommissioning.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/sad-story-behind-huge-tall-3439124 |first=Tristan |last=Cork |title=The sad story behind the huge tall ship which has just arrived in Bristol|date=18 October 2019 |work=BristolLive|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref>

== Disposal == On the 26 April 2021 the Jubilee Sailing Trust announced that they would sell the vessel, by then in a state of significant disrepair.<ref name=JST2021/><ref>{{cite web |title=140ft. Three masted barque tall ship - STS Lord Nelson |url=https://www.apolloduck.com/boat/tall-ships-barque-for-sale/661093 |publisher=Apollo Duck |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324052422/https://www.apolloduck.com/boat/tall-ships-barque-for-sale/661093 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |location=Stirling, Scotland |url-status=usurped}}</ref> No sale of ''Lord Nelson'' was concluded and in August 2022, the ship's owning company, Jubilee Sailing Trust Ltd, was put into administration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jubilee Sailing Trust Ltd ‘forced’ into administration |url=https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/jubilee-sailing-trust-ltd-forced-into-administration/ |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=Marine Industry News |date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831101131/https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/jubilee-sailing-trust-ltd-forced-into-administration/ |archive-date=31 August 2022 |location=Gosport}}</ref> With still no sale, the administrators put the ship for auction in June 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historic tall ship Lord Nelson goes to auction to repay charity’s debts |url=https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/tall-ship-lord-nelson-goes-auction/ |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=Marine Industry News |date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626025249/https://marineindustrynews.co.uk/tall-ship-lord-nelson-goes-auction/ |archive-date=26 June 2023 |location=Gosport}}</ref>

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== Further reading ==  * {{Cite news|url=https://sailtraininginternational.org/vessel/lord-nelson/|title=LORD NELSON - Sail On Board|work=Sail On Board|access-date=2018-07-03|language=en-US}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.small-cruise-ships.com/ship/lord-nelson/|title=Lord Nelson|website=www.small-cruise-ships.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-03}} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/travel-tips-and-articles/setting-sail-for-accessible-adventure-on-the-sv-tenacious/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d2755648|title=Setting sail for accessible adventure on the SV Tenacious|date=2018-04-09|work=Lonely Planet|access-date=2018-07-03|language=en}} * [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/547c70bc40f0b602440000c7/Lord_Nelson.pdf Report on the investigation of Lord Nelson contact with Tower Bridge London River Thames 15 May 2004] ''assets.publishing.service.gov.uk'', Retrieved 2018-12-07 * [https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/179209/Lord-Nelson-docks-in-London Harry Turner: World's first round-the-world ship crewed by disabled docks in London] ''yachtsandyachting.com'', 24 Sep 2014, Retrieved 2018-12-07 * {{Cite web|url=http://www.wivencyclopedia.org/History/lordnelson.htm|title=The Lord Nelson|website=www.wivencyclopedia.org|access-date=2018-07-03}} * {{Cite news|url=http://sailingmagazine.net/article-1581-force-10-to-antarctica.html|title=Force 10 to Antarctica|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-US}} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Disability-accessible-Tallship-on-World-circumnavigation/-117162|title=Disability accessible Tallship on World circumnavigation|access-date=2018-07-04}} * {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yR_8AwAAQBAJ&q=%22lord+nelson%22&pg=PT150|title=Tall Ships Handbook|last=Butcher|first=Amanda|date=2014-02-15|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=9781445618685|language=en}}

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