Compléter On board Belem!Version en ligne Complete the historical presentation of the Belem par Laure Hauwaert 1 began renamed sold considered became made renamed came sold moored sailed converted escaped is Belem a three - masted barque from France . She her first voyage as a cargo ship in 1896 , transporting sugar from the West Indies , cocoa , and coffee from Brazil and French Guiana to Nantes , France . Belem the eruption of Mount Pelée in Saint - Pierre , Martinique in 1902 . She was in 1914 to Hugh Grosvenor , 2nd Duke of Westminster , who her to his private luxurious pleasure yacht . In 1922 she the property of Sir Arthur Ernest Guinness , of the Guinness family , who her the Fantôme II . They the seven seas in making a travel round the world via the Panama and Suez Canals including a visit to Spitsbergen . In 1951 she was to the Venezian count Vittorio Cini , who her the Giorgio Cini . In 1965 , she was too old and was at the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore , Venice . Finally , in January 1979 , she back to her home port and completely restored to her original condition , she a new career as a sail training ship .