hey there thanks for the reply, and I gonna do this without Wiki or what so ever. So not sure if I'll tell you it a correctly but google knows all after all ;)
Back in the day's when it was still in use I believe it first was a cargo vessel. Don't know what kind of cargo, but after is was out of the job it became a sailing vessel for the movie industry. They used in the series of the Onedin Line Which I never saw but my dad loved it ;)
After it served the white screens I think a private company/person bought it and made long time sailing trips all over the world for people to experience the sea man's life.
And slowly out of this life it became a tourist attraction for short trips. At the moment it's laying/sailing around Sidney there is also the place where I worked on this ship.
It was build shortly after the second world war so its a ship with history marks. Tomorrow I'll put my pictures of this experience online here
Ok, thank you so much for the extra info - will follow to see more when you post more!
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