The ''Phoenix'' is a ship built by Hjorne & Jakobsen at

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, in 1929, originally as an

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Mission

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Missionary and cargo ship

Twenty years after her construction, she was retired from missionary work and carried cargo until her engine room was damaged by fire. In 1974 she was bought by new owners, who converted her into a

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. In 1988, she was purchased by Square Sail. A first aid overhaul enabled her to sail back to the United Kingdom, where she underwent a complete refit.

Conversion to ''Santa Maria''

Caravel ''Santa Maria''

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'' Santa Maria'' for

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's film '' 1492: Conquest of Paradise''. She was known as ''Santa Maria'' until, in 1996, because of increasing demand for period square-riggers, she was converted into a two-masted

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and regained her original name, ''Phoenix of Dell Quay''.

Film credits

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'' *''Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' ( BBC's ''Chronicles of Narnia'' TV Series) *'' In the Heart of the Sea'' *''

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Missionary and cargo ship

Conversion to ''Santa Maria''

Caravel ''Santa Maria''

Film credits

See also

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