Since 1996
Albatros was converted to a passenger ship in 1997-98. Between 1998 and 2000, she was chartered and rebuild by Greenpeace and used as a sailing classroom in an environmental education program that led to more than one case of plagiarism by Greenpeace and "The Albatros Project". In 2001, she returned to Wells, and The Albatros Project was created to support the upkeep of the ship. On 22 August 2004, a passenger on board the Albatros died when he fell from the rigging. Albatros was in the Thames Estuary at the time, and an investigation was carried out by the MAIB. Three recommendations were made.
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