Overview
Overview
The Zebu was a featured vessel during the Liverpool Shanty Festival.
Zebu, formerly Ziba, was a historic tall ship. Built in Sweden in 1938, she was used as a trading vessel until the late 1960s, before circumnavigating the globe in the 1980s. She has been based in Liverpool since the 1980s. She sank in 2015, and was subsequently restored. She partially sank again in 2021 after running aground on Holyhead breakwater after slipping her anchor, and had masts and sails removed to reduce weight so the hull could be moved. On 21 May 2021 after suffering further damage due to a storm, she was declared a wreck.
From the late 1980s for the next 27 years, she was based in Liverpool, and owned by the Mersey Heritage Trust. She was overhauled and refitted in 2000, and became known as the ‘Flagship of Liverpool’. She has Brigantine rigging, with the main mast, the second and tallest of the two masts, carrying at least two sails. The foremast is square-rigged.— Wikipedia
Curated History
Artistic director Bernie Davis had been rehearsing with the crew of the brigantine Zebu, moored in the Albert Dock. — 3 May 2013 article in the Liverpool Echo News.
The ship's registration information is available here.
This vessel was managed by the Mersey Heritage Trust, but that organization ceased to exist on 27 February 2018.