''Europa'' is a steel-

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ed barque registered in the Netherlands. Originally she was a German lightship, named ''Senator Brockes'' and built in 1911 at the H.C. Stülcken & Sohn shipyard in

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, Germany. Until 1977, she was in use by the German Federal Coast Guard as a lightship on the river

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. 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

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, and between

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, and

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. In 2002 and 2013 she rounded

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. In 2010 she participated in

Velas Sudamerica 2010 ''Velas Sudamerica 2010'' or ''Regata del Bicentenario Velas Sudamerica 2010'' or, more commonly, ''Regata del Bicentenario'', was a 2010 historic tall ship gathering and touring of Latin America to celebrate the bicentennial of the first nation ...

, an historical

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n tour by eleven tall ships to celebrate the bicentennial of the first national governments of Argentina and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. In 2013-2014 ''Europa'' circumnavigated the world together with two other Dutch tall ships, ''Tecla'' and ''Oosterschelde''. They sailed from South Africa to

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and

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. In October 2013 ''Europa'' participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney. From New Zealand, the ship sailed an official Cape Horn rounding (October - December 2013). In June 2014 ''Europa'' completed her circumnavigation by arriving in Amsterdam.

Gallery

Image:Bark Europa cape town.jpg, ''Europa'' sailing in front of Table Mountain, South Africa Image:Europa ship.jpg, ''Europa'' sailing off Ushuaia, Argentina Image:The Dutch barque Europa in a shipyard in Cape Town in May 2012.jpg, ''Europa'' in a shipyard in

, South Africa Image:Shipyard workers at the Dutch Bark Europa - Cape Town in May 2012.jpg, Shipyard workers at work, Cape Town - South Africa Image:Galions figure on the bow of the Dutch Bark Europa - Cape Town in May 2012.jpg, Figurehead (object), Figurehead with Europa (mythology), Europa and the bull

References

Also the Europa set sail to Melbourne, Australia and Arrived in September 1852.

External links

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Feuerschiff Senator Brockes

Ship details at Bureau Veritas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Europa (Ship) Individual sailing vessels Barques Tall ships of the Netherlands 1911 ships