A 148ft ship is due to arrive in Barrow Town Quay next month. 

Pelican of London will arrive early in the morning on August 5. 

The vessel will be arriving to attend this year’s Barrow Sea Festival and is welcoming the public to climb aboard during the festival.

Andy Naylor and David Cooksey, managers of Something Leisure Community, which is organising the festival, said: "We are both super excited again to be organising this year’s Barrow Tall Ship 23 Event. We are very much looking forward to welcoming back the Pelican of London and all the other ships and boats taking part in this year’s event."

The ship is owned by the youth development charity Seas Your Future which offers young people sail training and ocean science voyages.

The charity takes young people, many from disadvantaged backgrounds, on voyages to develop employability skills, ocean science skills, environmental awareness, character, confidence, resilience, teamwork and more.

Pelican of London sails for 46-48 weeks each year with up to 35 young trainees and 12 professional crew and volunteers.

Following the two-day festival, trainees from Kendal Sea Cadets and Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service Cadets, Merseyside Adventure Sailing Trust, Love Barrow Families plus other youngsters from within the community will then embark the Pelican for a five-day sail training voyage from Barrow to Dublin.

The Mail: Barrow welcomes the tall ship Pelican of London Seas Your Future CEO Adrian Ragbourne said: "We are delighted to be sailing into Barrow again and looking forward to annual visits to Cumbria in the future offering sail training to youngsters from the area. We are extremely grateful to several funders who have met the costs to enable these youngsters to sail with us: BAE Systems Marine, AW Ship Management, Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS), Orsted and The George Wood Memorial Benevolent Fund.

"We are also very grateful to ABP (Associated Britisth Ports) in Barrow for their support at the port when Pelican arrives and leaves, and to Something Leisure Community for all their support in organising the voyage".

To find out more about the sail training programmes, maritime careers and voyages for studying Ocean Science, visit the Seas Your Future (SYF) website.