18/11/2014
TS Royalist, Sea Cadets faithful flagship, will sail into Gosport for the ship’s decommissioning ceremony on Thursday 20 November. Hundreds of Sea Cadets will gather at Petrol Pier to say farewell to the 43 year old ship that has taken 30,000 cadets on an offshore voyage they will never forget.
TS Royalist was commissioned 1971 by HRH The Princess Royal and built by Groves and Gutteridge Ltd in Cowes. Since then the ship has sailed 212,850 nautical miles – nine times around the world, taking 900 Sea Cadets on an offshore voyage every year. In 1971, TS Royalist received the Lloyd’s Register Yacht Award for the ‘best constructed, best designed and best equipped vessel for its purpose.’
A new 21st Century flagship is currently being built at Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan S.A, to replace TS Royalist, to ensure future generations of Sea Cadets can benefit from an offshore experience.
