Phoenix
Class: B
Rigging: brig
Hull length: 23 m
Country of origin: Denmark
Year of construction: 1929
Home port: Haliguen
The Phoenix is a brig built by Hjorne and Jakobsen of Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1929 as a merchant sailing ship. She also bore the names Anna, Palmeto, Jørgen Peter, Karma, Skibladner, Adella and Gabriel.
Instead of taking the traditional trade routes, she was used as an evangelical mission schooner for 20 years until she was used for freight. The Phoenix gave up its Danish flag to come under the French flag in April 2024, and its home port, initially in Charleston, Cornwall, was relocated to Port-Haliguen. The boat, bought by two French shipowners, Yannick Berdellou and Yannick Arz, is jointly managed by the maritime heritage preservation association, Les Voiles Océan, and has been converted once again for a new activity, as a filming platform.
Special feature
She was renovated for the film industry at the Charlestown Harbour shipyard in the UK.
The Phoenix has appeared in numerous feature films and TV series, earning her a fine reputation in the film world. Recent films she has worked on include "In the Heart of the Sea", "Poldark", "Taboo" and "Frontier". In 1991, the Phoenix was converted into a 15th century caravel, the Santa Maria, for Ridley Scott's film "1492 Conquest of Paradise". In 1996, she was converted into a brig and with this rig, she was used as a set for: "Horn Blower series", "Captain Sabretooth", "Voyage of Discovery", "Moll Flanders", "Frenchman's Creek", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader". Since 2017, you have seen him in: "In the Heart of the Sea", "Poldark - all series", "Taboo", "Frontier", "Outlander", "Napoléon".