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In St Katharine Docks marina which is very near to Tower Bridge. At present, she is due to depart on 7th October. You can see her enter SKD marina in the latest video on the channel.

Thank for watching the video. The Port of London Authority regulations say that any vessel of this size has to use its engines when it is this far up the river.

Thanks for watching the video. The ship is actually in St Katharine Docks marina (which is very close to Tower Bridge) until 7th October (you can see it entering the marina in the latest video). During this time it is open to members of the public to visit. It is common for visiting vessels to pass under Tower Bridge twice in such a short period of time. The next bridge sailing up the river is London Bridge which does not open so tall vessels such as this one are not able to sail any further up the river (thus why it turns around to sail back downriver again). Whenever Tower Bridge lifts, this will obviously cause congestion on the road which crosses over it. By having a 30 minute gap between the vessel heading upriver and then back downriver, the bridge can be shut and the traffic congestion can be relieved before opening the bridge a second time.

Thanks for the information and for your kind comment. Yes - I think it is a great place to spend some time. 👍

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Thanks for watching the video. 👍 I was able to go aboard when it visited Southend Pier last month and would agree with everything you say.

Thanks for watching. Yes - I think that would be quite a sight! 👍

Thanks for watching the video. Yes - a crowd of people came out to see Galeon Andalucia pass under Tower Bridge and enter the marina. It was a magnificent sight to see!

Thanks - no rain thankfully!

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Thanks for the information. Yes - it must have been a magnificent sight to be so close. 👍👍

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@@ThamesShips Not at all.

Galeon Andaluia is scheduled to depart on 7th October and I believe it will be open to visitors whilst it is in London.

@@ThamesShips Thank you for your reply. Hope you do a video as l'm retired abroad.

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Thanks. Yes - I think it could sail anywhere in the world. It can use its sails at sea so in theory the distance would not be a problem provided the wind was blowing (and it does have its engine as a backup as well).

Es un barco de un tamaño normal para 1590 por ejemplo.

@@19piolin82 Galeon is a large Mediterranean galley, originally. If you visit Southwark, a similar reconstruction of Drake's Golden Hinde is in dry dock: it's considerably smaller.

@carlishiggins - that's misinformation. Please don't make stuff up and then inflict it on the rest of us. The Andalucia displaces 500 tonnes. Most 17th century galleons were less than 500 tons, although there were some Manila galleons that reached 2,000 tons. See, for example, the Wikipedia article on galleons.

@@rummy9999 It's a relic of Tudor propaganda, which tried to present them as something the size of a modern cruise liner! Some may have been somewhat larger, on the Mayan gold run, but he simply has to look at the two which have been recovered, the Wasa (1627) and the Mary Rose (1511), to have an idea of the size of a First Rate prior to Pepys and Phineas Pett.

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Yes - a number of people came to see it sailing through Tower Bridge and entering the marina. Thanks for watching. 👍

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I believe that there is a famous painting by Turner?

@@ThamesShips yes, there is, it‘s terrific but sad.

@@dianawhite943 I think the issue is that we do not appreciate things that we have at any moment in time. At one time the PS Waverley was one paddle steamer amongst many but now it is popular because it it the only sea going paddle steamer remaining. There have been many historic ships in the past which have been scrapped without people even thinking about it. We now look back on that with regret and wish that the scrapping had not taken place.

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Thanks. Yes I visited her when she came to Southend Pier last month. It was very interesting to walk around.

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Thanks. Yes - it was very interesting to see her up close. She is in London until 7th October.

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Thanks for watching the video. 👍 Yes - it was a tight squeeze but I am sure that they did all the calculations before it arrived! It will be interesting watching it depart again.

Thanks for the information!

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I thought that was Ruby that is moored off Margate at the moment.

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Thanks for watching the video. It reminds me of the flag that was on the Mexican Navy training ship that sailed up the Thames last year. It was of a similar size!

Thanks for watching the video. 👍Construction on Tower Bridge started on 21st June 1886 so that would have been well after the original galleon would have been sailing.

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Thanks for watching. Yes - it uses it sails a lot when it is at sea. There is a Port of London Authority regulation that says it is not able to use it's sails this far up the river so it has to use it's engine.

Yes - it is quite a sight. It seems to be very popular wherever it sails to. On the Thames, it also visited Southend and Gravesend.

Thanks for watching the video. It was a wonderful sight and many people watched it sail through Tower Bridge and then into the nearby marina.

@@ThamesShips Really enjoyed it. Like an 18th-century picture map come to life. Pity about the London skyline!

Thanks for watching the video. 👍Yes - it was a great sight to see and a number of people turned up to watch it sail through Tower Bridge and then into the nearby marina. The only other occasion I have seen a flag that large was last year when the Mexican navy training ship visited London. Their flag was of a similar size.

Thanks for watching the video. Galeon Andalusia is 55m in length.

Tower Bridge.

Thanks for watching the video. It was only towed to allow it to turn around. You can see the ropes being passed over from Galeon Andalucia once it has passed under Tower Bridge. Port of London Authority regulations do not allow boats of that size to just use their sails when they are that far up the river. Hence Galeon Andalucia used it's own engine to sail up to London and under Tower Bridge.

@@ThamesShips You explicitly say "sails" under the tower bridge in the title. It is not sailing.

@@modelwrong Thanks for watching the video. 👍