Swift of Ipswich

Swift of Ipswich is a topsail schooner owned and operated by the Los Angeles Maritime Institute as a sail training vessel for at-risk youth. Originally built in Ipswich as a private yacht, Swift of Ipswich is a reduced-scale replica of Swift, an American privateer from the Revolutionary War which was captured by the Royal Navy, transported to Britain, and deconstructed. The drawings produced from this have been used as the basis for several tall ... more

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