Sailing yachtFrance flagIMO 5183120
S/V Le Francais
Seen in Saint-Malo on October 20, 2026.
48.64990°N, 2.01910°W Destination Saint Malo
This is S/V Le Francais
Le Français, formerly the Kaskelot, is a three-masted barque and one of the largest remaining wooden ships in commission.
History
The Kaskelot was built in 1948 by J. Ring-Andersen for the Royal Greenland Trading Company, to carry supplies to remote coastal settlements in East Greenland. During the 1960s, Kaskelot worked as a support vessel for Danish fisheries in the Faroe Islands. In 2007, for the bi-centennial celebration of Great Britain's ending the African slave trade, the ship was sailed up the Thames River to Tower Bridge in London to represent the Zong. This slave ship, its crew and cargo of slaves figured in court proceedings in 1783 and became a symbol for the nation's anti-slavery movement because of the murder of 132 slaves during the voyage. Nielsen in Gloucester during which it was upgraded to comply with MCA MLC guidelines.
Recently at sea
She is among the largest 30% of yachts tracked by Yacht Tracker. Yacht Tracker has been following her position since October 19, 2026.
Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata.
Specifications
Design
- Builder
- Svendborg Skibsværft
- Delivered
- 1948
- Gross tonnage
- 226 GT
- Home port
- Saint-Malo
Identification
- MMSI
- 227891480
- IMO
- 5183120
- Call sign
- FAF7701
Navigation
- Declared destination
- Saint Malo
- Tracked since
- October 19, 2026
- Last signal
- on October 20, 2026 at 06:48 UTC
Recent port calls
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