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International Festival Of The Sea, 2001
The International Festival of the Sea was held at H.M. Naval Base, Portsmouth between 24 and 27 August 2001. It was the third in a series of International Festivals of the Sea held in the United Kingdom since 1996. The event allowed people to walk around the Naval Base, to go on board many of the visiting vessels, including several vessels belonging to the Royal Navy. It also allowed people to visit the historic dockyard, including HMS ''Victory'' and ''Mary Rose''. There were also many maritime displays, street entertainers, military bands, music concerts and unique shops. According to the event's patron, Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the festival was a "celebration of all things maritime". History The first International Festival of the Sea took place in Bristol in 1996 with the Royal Navy as primary participants. Following the declining numbers of visitors to Portsmouth Navy Day's encouraged the Royal Navy to invite the festival to Portsmouth for the first tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albatros (1899)
''Albatros'' is a sailing ketch built in the Netherlands in 1899. Trading as a cargo sailing ship until 1996, she is now used as a training vessel. List of owners History 1899-1980 ''Albatros'' was built at Capelle aan den IJssel in the Netherlands in 1899 as a ''Noordzee Klipper'' (North Sea cutter) or '' Galliot''. Her first captain was Johannes Muller of Middelharnis, South Holland, who used her to transport cargo between the Netherlands and the Baltic states. In 1920, ''Albatros'' was sold to Captain Lolk from Svendborg, Denmark, who installed an 80 hp engine in 1933. In 1941, Lolk sold her to Captain Rasmussen from Hobro. During the Second World War, ''Albatros'' was used to smuggle Jews and political dissidents from Nazi-occupied Denmark to neutral Sweden. Weapons for the Danish resistance were also smuggled back into Denmark on the return journey. Her rigging was reduced in 1964 and the rivetted steel below the waterline replaced with welded steel. A more pow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Fan Makkum
''Swan fan Makkum'' is a brigantine, built in 1993 in the Gdansk shipyard, Poland. Named for Willem Sligting, Makkum, christened by Hinke de Vries, co-owner and wife, in a multilingual fashion: English, Polish and Frysian and after the ceremony launched in the river Wisła. She is the largest brigantine in the world, as well as the largest two masted sailing vessel, with an overall length of . She carries a maximum of of sail, and with an air draft of is one of the tallest of the tall ships. She currently operates as a charter vessel in Europe. She has crossed the Atlantic Ocean 18 times and has passaged in 2007 over since she was built. She has made regular appearances at major sailing events around the world and competes in at least part of the Tall Ships Race series every year. The ship was during building full equipend with GMDSS radio equipment for sea-area A3 and 2 main gensets from 40 kW each and an auxiliary genset in the foxhole ''Swan fan Makkum'' was sold Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabab Oman
Two ships of the Royal Navy of Oman The Royal Navy of Oman ( ar, البحرية السلطانية العمانية), abbreviated RNO, is the maritime component of the Royal Armed Forces of the Sultanate of Oman. Given its long coastline and strategic location along the Indian Oc ... have been named ''Shabab Oman'': * , a barquentine * , a full-rigged ship Ship names {{italic title prefixed, 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STS Sedov
STS ''Sedov'' (russian: Седов), formerly ''Magdalene Vinnen II'' (1921–1936) and ''Kommodore Johnsen'' (–1948), is a four-masted steel barque that for almost 80 years was the largest traditional sailing ship in operation. Originally built as a German cargo ship, ''Sedov'' is today a sail training vessel, training cadets from the universities of Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg and Astrakhan. She participates regularly in the big maritime international events as a privileged host and has also been a regular participant in The Tall Ships' Races. History ''Magdalene Vinnen II'' ''Sedov'', originally named ''Magdalene Vinnen II'', was launched at Kiel, Germany in 1921 by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft for the shipping company F. A. Vinnen & Co. of Bremen, one of the largest German shipping companies at the beginning of the 20th century. The shipping company initially objected to have an engine installed in the ship, but the ship yard (with backing from a Government committ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TS Royalist (1971)
TS ''Royalist'' is the name of two vessels. The original was a brig launched in 1971 and owned and operated as a sail training ship by the Marine Society & Sea Cadets of the United Kingdom. At the end of her service she was replaced by a new vessel bearing the same name. Description ''Royalist'' is and her hull is long, with an overall length of . As well as her sails, she is equipped with two Perkins diesel engines of each. The engines drive twin screw propellers. History ''Royalist'' was built by Groves and Guttridge, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was designed by Colin Mudie RDI and launched on 3 August 1971 by Princess Anne. In 1992, ''Royalist'' was taken out of the water for a refit, termed as a "Mid-Life Upgrade". ''Royalist'' was re-launched by Princess Anne, (now the Princess Royal). Built of steel, with an overall length of 29 metres (97 feet) (including the bowsprit, which adds about 6 metres to the overall length), the ship has a traditional squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogoria (ship)
STS ''Pogoria'' is a Polish barquentine launched in 1980. She was designed by the naval architect Zygmunt Choreń as the first in a series of (18 total) middle and large-size contemporary sailing vessels. History ''Pogoria'' had been designed (Zygmunt Choreń) for the explicit purpose of training and education of young (from 14 years of age) students in the high seas environment. It has classroom facilities and its rigging can be manually worked by male or female crew of the junior high school age. It has also proved to be highly seaworthy, sailing throughout its history all (including Antarctic) seas in often heavy conditions. In addition, it is highly competitive in races, routinely ranking at top places during the tall ship race events. ''Pogoria'' had been launched from Gdańsk Shipyard Jan 23 1980. Its main use is – as designed – education and training. Most crew rotations consist of junior and high school students in 1- to 8-week-long tours. The usual complement is ~6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oosterschelde (ship)
''Oosterschelde'' is a three-masted schooner from the Netherlands, built in 1918. She is the largest restored Dutch freightship and the only remaining Dutch three-masted topsail schooner. Her home port is Rotterdam. As a freighter with a deadweight of 400 tons, she transported mainly clay, stone and wood, but also herring, bran, potatoes, straw and bananas. In the 1930s, a heavier diesel engine was installed and some sail-rigging was removed (including the aft mast). In 1939, she was sold to a Danish shipping company and, rebaptised ''Fuglen II'', became one of the most modern ships in the Danish fleet. In 1954, she was sold to a Swede, renamed ''Sylvan'' and thoroughly rebuilt to a modern motorised coaster. In 1988, she was brought back to the Netherlands. She had always been maintained well, but restoration to the original state turned out too expensive for private funding. So a foundation collected money from various sources, partly by selling shares in the ship. Restoration la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STS Mir
STS ''Mir'' (russian: Мир, meaning ''Peace'') is a three-masted, full-rigged training ship, based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1987 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. ''Mir'' is the second largest of six sister ships designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń and weighs 2,385 tonnes. It is 109.2 m long, with a beam of 13.9 m and a draught of 6.3 m. The main mast is 52 m high and along with the other masts supports a total sail area of 2,771 m2. Its sister ships are ''Dar Młodzieży'', '' Druzhba'', ''Pallada'', '' Khersones'', and ''Nadezhda''. ''Mir'' is 8 m shorter than the second longest current sailing ship, the STS ''Sedov'' (117.5 m). Its shipowner is thAdmiral Makarov State Maritime Academy (AMSMA)in Saint Petersburg. Background This ship was originally constructed as a cadet training ship, designed for carrying between 70 and 144 cadets. The total transport capacity is 199 people. Achievements ''Mir'' has taken par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaliakra (ship)
The Sail Training Vessel ''Kaliakra'' (Known also as STV ''Kaliakra'', bg, Калиакра) is a barquentine, built in 1984 at the Gdańsk Shipyard, after the plans of the Polish technical designer Zygmunt Choreń. She is a property of Bulgarian Maritime Training Centre and is operated by Navigation Maritime Bulgare, Bulgaria. The ship's home port is Varna, Bulgaria. The ship The general perception is that ''Kaliakra'' is a reproduction of a ship of the same name from the time before World War I. In fact, she is one of three modern sister ships designed for training, the other two being STS ''Pogoria'' and ORP ''Iskra''. Now she is used for training the Naval Cadets from Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna, Bulgaria. The ship is one of the fastest tall ships in the world. She has participated on relatively regular basis in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships regatta, organized by the Sail Training International (STI) Association. During the Columbus Race in 1992, dedicated to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Turk (frigate)
Grand Turk Island is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands (the smaller of the two archipelagos that make up the island territory) with . Grand Turk contains the territory's capital, Cockburn Town, and the JAGS McCartney International Airport. The island is the administrative, historic, cultural and financial center of the territory and has the second-largest population of the islands at approximately 4,831 people in 2012. The name comes from a species of cactus on the island, the Turk's Cap Cactus (''Melocactus intortus''), which has a distinctive cap, reminiscent of an Ottoman fez. History The Lucayan people were the indigenous people of the island, who called it ''Abawana,'' meaning "the First Small Land"''.'' The Spanish later called it Amuana. Grand Turk was first colonised in 1681 by Bermudians, who set up the salt industry in the islands. In 1766 it became the capital of the country. For some time, at least until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa (ship)
''Europa'' is a steel-Hull (watercraft), hulled barque registered in the Netherlands. Originally she was a German lightvessel, lightship, named ''Senator Brockes'' and built in 1911 at the H.C. Stülcken & Sohn shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. Until 1977, she was in use by the German Federal Coast Guard as a lightship on the river Elbe. A Dutchman bought the vessel (or what was left of her) in 1985 and in 1994 she was fully restored as a barque, a three-mast rigged vessel, and retrofitted for special-purpose sail-training. ''Europa'' cruises worldwide and accepts paying voyage crew (trainees) for short or long trip segments, including ocean crossings, Sail Training Association races, and annual voyages to Antarctica, and between South Georgia Island, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha, and Cape Town. In 2002 and 2013 she rounded Cape Horn. In 2010 she participated in Velas Sudamerica 2010, an historical Latin American tour by eleven tall ships to celebrate the Bicentennial of Argentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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