NEWPORT, R.I. (Oct. 24, 2008) - The 132-foot hull of Rhode Island’s future Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry arrived in Newport today, after being towed 892 miles from its former home in Amherstburg, Ontario. The hull was bought by the non-profit organization Tall Ships Rhode Island (TSRI), Inc., on September 2, 2008, and will be berthed for the winter at Bowen’s Wharf, in Newport’s historic waterfront shopping district.
NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 23, 2008) — After announcing in July its intention to build a Tall Ship for Rhode Island, the non-profit organization Tall Ships Rhode Island (TSRI), Inc., closed September 2 on the purchase of a steel hull that gives it a substantial leg up on its mission. It will see through to completion the building of the Oliver Hazard Perry, a 207 ft., three-masted, square-rigged 19th Century warship replica with ties to Rhode Island’s famous naval war hero of the same name. TSRI, a non-profit organization that has brought several magnificent Tall Ships events to Rhode Island over the past decade and a half, will then operate the Oliver Hazard Perry as a working sail training vessel out of historic Newport.
NEWPORT, RI (July 22, 2008) — With its announcement of a Tall Ship for Rhode Island barely out of the bag, the Newport-based non-profit organization Tall Ships Rhode Island, Inc. (TSRI) is already enabling a rich sea-education experience for youth. On Wednesday, TSRI, which earlier this month announced its intention to purchase the steel hull of a 207 ft. three-masted, full-rigged ship from a Canadian group and transform it into Rhode Island’s own Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry, will host a group of young adults aboard the Charleston-based sailing school vessel Spirit of South Carolina. The program is an extension of a program that TSRI began last year during its Amica Insurance Tall Ships Rhode Island 2007 festival and plans to continue when the Oliver Hazard Perry is ready to set sail.
NEWPORT, RI (July 7, 2008) — Tall Ships Rhode Island, Inc., (TSRI) has announced it is well on its way to making the dream of a Tall Ship for Newport and Rhode Island come true. The Newport-based, non-profit organization, which has brought several magnificent Tall Ships events to Newport’s shores over the past decade and a half, will purchase the steel hull of a majestic 207 ft. three-masted, full-rigged ship from a Canadian group and will transform it into a dynamic and vital symbol of Rhode Island’s maritime history. To be named after Newport’s famous naval hero, the Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry has a completion date of 2010, but its hull will arrive on Rhode Island shores as early as this September.