Sailing yachtUnited Kingdom flagIMO 9717369

TS Royalist

Moored in Sarisbury.

Signal 4 min ago 50.85131°N, 1.30899°W Destination Hamble

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Length32 m

Beam8.0 m

Draught3.3 m

FlagUnited Kingdom

This is TS Royalist

TS Royalist is a sail training ship launched in 2014 as a replacement for a previous ship of the same name, TS Royalist (1971). She entered service with The Marine Society and Sea Cadets in 2015.

Construction

Royalist is 34 metres (111 ft 7 in) long, with a beam of 7.36 metres (24 ft 2 in). Her draught is 3.25 metres (10 ft 8 in). The ship's hull is of high tensile steel, with her superstructure of glass reinforced plastic. She is rigged as a brig, with a sail area of 536 square metres (641 sq yd). Royalist has a permanent crew of eight, plus up to 24 Cadets and 2 adult trainees. Twelve passengers can also be carried.

History

Royalist was built by Astilleros Gondán S.A., Spain. She was launched on 19 December 2014. Replacing the previous TS Royalist, she is designed to be easier to sail than her predecessor, and also faster. Royalist entered service in 2015.

Recently at sea

Over the past 30 days she spent 5 days at sea, covering about 190 km. Of late she has spent most of her time in Fratton (United Kingdom). Yacht Tracker has been following her position since October 18, 2026.

Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata.