Solitaire
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HMS Solitaire is the ketch-rigged sailboat which serves as the principle research vessel of the Bacliff Exploration Society. Approximately 60 ft from bow to stern, it is made entirely of Burmese teak and Louisiana cyprus. It was constructed in 1805 using the wreckage of ships from the Battle of Trafalgar. In 1836, it participated in the Battle of Matagorda Bay, the largest naval battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere.
