Plans to restore and relocate the tall ship Result to Carrickfergus are progressing as the 133rd anniversary of the vessel’s launch approaches.

In 2024, the Carrickfergus Tall Ship Project outlined plans to bring the locally-built vessel back to the town as an engaging history attraction and community events hub.

Result was designed and built in Carrickfergus’ forgotten Victorian shipyard, from where it was launched on January 6, 1893.

She was employed in transporting a wide variety of cargoes to a range of different British, Irish and Continental ports during her long career at sea.

Painting by Maurice Taggart showing the schooner 'Result' moored at Carrickfergus.

placeholder image — Painting by Maurice Taggart showing the schooner 'Result' moored at Carrickfergus.

The Result’s service notably included being requisitioned by the Royal Navy during the First World War and actively deployed as a Q-ship, armed with hidden weaponry designed to lure in and attack German submarines.

In 1970, Result was acquired by the Ulster Transport Museum, where she is currently on open-air display.

Behind the project is local non-profit company, Result Carrickfergus Ltd. “We are proud of our town’s rich maritime heritage, and we believe that our aims are fundamentally the last opportunity for the people of Carrickfergus to pay homage to our strong naval roots,” the company said last year.

“With the ‘Carrickfergus Tall Ship Project’ our objectives are also strongly linked to our town’s beliefs and values that are underpinned by its motto ‘Gloria Prisca Novatur’, which translates to ‘Glory In The Old Made New’.”

The company outlined its intention to “fundraise for Result’s sensitive restoration and relocation to Carrickfergus as a history attraction, education hub and event venue for both visitors and the local community”, adding: “This bold Static-Adaptive-Reuse approach we plan to adopt will be self-funding in the future and help contribute to our town’s attractiveness and prosperity.”

The project’s website https://www.carrickfergustallship.com/ has a number of new pages providing an in depth account of Result's history, the project aims, and how to support it.

It includes an appeal for donations to help raise funds for the necessary vessel conservation and transport logistics surveys, along with enabling works.

Since the Carrickfergus Tall Ship Project was launched in July 2024, it has been engaged in discussions with the Result’s owners National Museums NI, as well as Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.