The HMS Beagle Project: the rebuild
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The 2009 HMS Beagle will be a sailing replica of the ship Charles Darwin boarded in 1831. She will be built of larch and oak planking on oak frames. Unlike the 1831 Beagle, her 2009 descendent will have diesel auxiliary engines, radar, GPS navigation, satellite communications and modern safety equipment. Her design will be approved by Germanischer Lloyds and she will be certified for Category A - unrestricted ocean sailing. The build will be carried out in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire under the supervision of master shipwright Detlev Loell.
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The HMS Beagle Trust is a UK registered educational charity (No. 1126192).

Patrons:
Lord Julian Hunt CB MA PhD FIMA FRS, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston CBE RD, Lord Richard Livsey CBE, DL
Banner: Beagle off the Galapagos by John Chancellor. © Dr Gordon Chancellor and reproduced with his kind permission.