A replica of HMS Bounty that roamed the harbour in recent years has apparently disappeared.
A related website stated it had been de-commissioned
Is it still in Hong Kong? If so where?
Hopefully it hasn’t met the same fate as the Hilton Hotel’s popular WAN FU and become similarly landlocked as a bar or restaurant.
I originally saw this vessel operating trips for tourists in Sydney harbour.
Presumably it motored/sailed up to Hong Kong? If so, the story of the trip could be an interesting read.
The iconic DOULAS veteran passenger/cargo vessel has also been grounded in Indonesia as a hotel according the SCMP magazine. It was a fairly regular sight moored at the Ocean Terminal when it was open to book fair visitors. The MV DOULAS. was advertised as the oldest ship of its type still operating at sea. It originally had steam powered triple-expansion engines.. On a visit I was given a drawing of the original engines
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3007579/dou…
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Discovery Bay
The last time I saw it was back in 2013 and it was docked just outside Discovery bay marina. I'm not sure what happened to it since then. My understanding was that it was used by a local charity to give handicapped and disabled children some sailing experience.
HUAN
I think the sail training vessel used by handicapped and disabled youngsters was a motorised Junk with sails called the HUAN sponsored by the Jockey Club.
Its since beeen superseded with what I presume is a purpose built Junk type vessel which looks very odd
Disappearance of the BOUNTY replica
I’ve managed to answer my “where has it gone”? question posted in 2019, but now added further questions as to how was it relocated.
For many years the Bounty replica served the tourist market at Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia, before being sold to Hong Kong real estate conglomerate, HKR International Limited in October 2007.
How was it transported from Sydney?
The new owners gave the Bounty an additional name in Chinese, 濟民號 (Cantonese Jyutping: Zaimanhou ; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiminhao ; English: Bounty) after company founder Cha Chi Ming. For the following decade, the ship was used as a tourist attraction based at Discovery Bay on Lantau Island where it was used for harbour cruises, charters, day excursions, weddings and corporate retreats.
With no publicity or explanation, HKRI decommissioned the Bounty on 1 August 2017. The fate of the ship was undisclosed but was later found to have been sold to a Thai company.
It would be interesting to know how the ship was moved to Bangkok-was it sailed? towed? deck cargo? Surely Hong Kong’s newspapers must have covered its departure?
Since late 2017 it has been berthed at a dock south of Bangkok with the mizzen mast removed due to wood rot, the ship is languishing in Phra Samut Chedi at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River. It has been rechristened The Bounty (เดอะ บาวน์ตี้), with the port of registry noted as Bangkok on its stern.