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s). The races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing. The races are held annually in European waters and consists of two racing legs of several hundred

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s, and a "cruise in company" between the legs. Over one half of the crew of each ship participating in the races must consist of young people. Between 1973 and 2003 the races were known as The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races, having been sponsored by Cutty Sark whisky. From 2004 to 2010 the races were supported by the City,

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. The sponsor of the Tall Ships Races 2010–2014 was the city of

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Tall ships

By the 21st century, "tall ship" is often used generically for large, classic, sailing vessels, but is also a technically defined term by Sail Training International. The definitions are subject to various technicalities, but by 2011 there are only two size classes, class A is square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over 40 m

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, and classes B/C/D are 9.14 m to under 40 m LOA. Participating vessels are manned by a largely cadet or trainee crew who are partaking in

, 50 percent of which must be aged between 15 and 25 years of age and who do not need any previous experience. Thus, ''tall ship'' does not describe a specific type of sailing vessel, but rather a monohull sailing vessel of at least 9.4 metres (30 ft) that is conducting sail training and education under sail voyages. Participating ships range from yachts to the large

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sail training ships run by charities, schools and navies of many countries.

Race

After World War II, tall ships were a dying breed, having lost out to steam-powered ships several decades before. It was a retired solicitor from London, Bernard Morgan, who first dreamed up the idea of bringing young cadets and seamen under training together from around the world to participate in a friendly competition. The Portuguese Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Teotónio Pereira, was a big supporter of this original idea and believed that such a race would bring together the youth of the world's seafaring peoples. These two figures started discussions in 1953 and three years later they saw their vision become a reality. The first Tall Ships' race was held in 1956. It was a race of 20 of the world's remaining large sailing ships. The race was from

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, and was meant to be a last farewell to the era of the great sailing ships. Public interest was so intense, however, that race organizers founded the Sail Training International association to direct the planning of future events. Since then Tall Ships' Races have occurred annually in various parts of the world, with millions of spectators. Today, the race attracts more than a hundred ships, among these some of the largest sailing ships in existence, like the Portuguese Sagres. The 50th Anniversary Tall Ships' Races took place during July and August 2006 and was started by the patron,

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, who also started the first race in 1956.

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Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

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Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...

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Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

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Fowey Fowey ( ; , meaning ''beech trees'') is a port town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town has been in existence since well before the Norman invasion, ...

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Isle of Man The Isle of Man ( , also ), or Mann ( ), is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. As head of state, Charles III holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Govern ...

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Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

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Karlskrona Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to ...

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Frederikshavn Frederikshavn () is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast on the North Jutlandic Island in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand. The ...

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Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

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Ostend Ostend ( ; ; ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the la ...

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Vigo Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest ...

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Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...

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Travemünde Travemünde () is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of the river Trave in Bay of Lübeck, Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, an ...

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Saint-Malo Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo language, Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. The Fortification, walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth ...

(France) * 1984 – ''Trans-Atlantic'':

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Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

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Greenock Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms ...

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Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

(United Kingdom) * 1985 –

Bremerhaven Bremerhaven (; ) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the Bremen (state), city-state of Bremen. The Geeste (river), River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser. Brem ...

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Bruges Bruges ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is in the northwest of the country, and is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amoun ...

Zeebrugge Zeebrugge (; from , meaning "Bruges-on-Sea"; , ) is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zeebrugge and a seafront resort with ...

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Larvik Larvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Larvik (town) ...

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Mariehamn Mariehamn ( , ; ; ) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. It is mostly surrounded b ...

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Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

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Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

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(West Germany) * 1990 –

Plymouth Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...

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Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

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(Belgium) * 1991 –

Milford Haven Milford Haven ( ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages. The town was ...

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(Netherlands) * 1992 – ''Trans-Atlantic'':

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Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of its population. ...

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New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

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(United Kingdom) * 1992 –

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(Finland) – Tallinn (Estonia) – Gdynia (Poland) * 1993 –

(United Kingdom) –

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

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Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...

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(Belgium), fleet visit * 1994 – Weymouth (United Kingdom) –

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Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

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Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

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Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

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(Sweden) * 1998 – Falmouth (United Kingdom) – Lisbon (Portugal) – Vigo (Spain) – Dublin (Ireland) * 1999 –

St Malo Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. The walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the All ...

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(United Kingdom) – Aalborg (Denmark) * 2000 – ''Trans-Atlantic'':

(United Kingdom) – Cádiz (Spain) – Genoa (Italy) – Cádiz (Spain) – Bermuda (Bermuda) – Boston (United States) – Halifax (Canada) –

(Netherlands) * 2001 – Antwerp (Belgium) – Ålesund (Norway) – Bergen (Norway) – Esbjerg (Denmark) * 2002 – Alicante (Spain) –

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

(Spain) – A Coruña (Spain) – Santander (Spain) –

(United Kingdom) * 2003 –

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

(Poland) – Turku (Finland) – Riga (Latvia) –

(Germany) * 2004 – Antwerp (Belgium) – Aalborg (Denmark) – Stavanger (Norway) –

Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is a town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has a footprint o ...

(Germany) * 2005 –

Waterford Waterford ( ) is a City status in Ireland, city in County Waterford in the South-East Region, Ireland, south-east of Ireland. It is located within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster. The city is situated at the head of Waterford H ...

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Torbay Torbay is a unitary authority with a borough status in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is governed by Torbay Council, based in the town of Torquay, and also includes the towns of Paignton and Brixham. The borough consists of ...

(United Kingdom) – Santander (Spain) * 2006 –

(France) – Lisbon (Portugal) – Cádiz (Spain) – A Coruña (Spain) – Antwerp (Belgium) * 2007 – ''Baltic'': Aarhus (Denmark) – Kotka (Finland) –

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(Poland) * 2007 – ''Mediterranean'':

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(Netherlands) * 2009 – ''Baltic'':

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(Russia) – Turku (Finland) – Klaipėda (Lithuania) * 2009 – ''Trans-Atlantic'':

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Incidents

The bark '' Marques'' sank in a squall during the 1984 race. 19 of the 28 crew were killed. In the 2013 race, the Norwegian vessel ''

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'' was shipwrecked between the Swedish islands of

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Öland Öland (, ; ; sometimes written ''Oland'' internationally) is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. ...

in the

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. The crew were rescued. A man from the Dutch schooner '' Wylde Swan'' was presumed drowned after he and two others from the schooner had boarded the ''Wyvern'' in an attempt to save it from going down.

Sail Training International

The Tall Ships' Races are organised by

Sail Training International Sail Training International (STI) is a non-profit international sail training organisation, with members in 29 countries. Its main aim is the "development and education of young people of all nations, cultures, and social backgrounds through the ex ...

(STI) an international association of national sail training organisations devoted to promoting "the education and development of young people of all nationalities, religions and social backgrounds, through

Some ships that have participated

* ''

Alexander von Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, natural history, naturalist, List of explorers, explorer, and proponent of Romanticism, Romantic philosophy and Romanticism ...

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Barque1998 Tall Ships Official Program (Converted to a botel by 2014). * ''

Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci ( , ; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "Naming of the Americas, America" is named. Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the A ...

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training ship. * ''Arethusa'' Ketch * ''

Asgard II ''Asgard II'' was the Republic of Ireland, Irish national sail training vessel, until she sank in the Bay of Biscay in 2008. A brigantine, she was commissioned on 7 March 1981 and purpose-built as a sail training vessel by Jack Tyrrell in Arklo ...

'' - Irish sail training ship (lost 2008). * ''

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'' - Dutch tall ship (lost 2013). * '' Atyla'' * '' Auno'' - a Norwegian gaff ketch. * '' Belle Poule (built in 1932)'' -

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training schooner which together with the Etoile, its sister ship, has been participating in the Tall Ship Race since 1958. In 2009, the Belle Poule and the Etoile crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the first time during the Tall Ship Atlantic Challenge. * ''

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'' schooner,

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training ship. * ''Challenge Wales'' - Wales' Tall Ship. Took part in its first Tall Ships Regatta in 2012 and its first Tall Ships Race in 2016. * ''

Christian Radich ''Christian Radich'' is a Norwegian full-rigged ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937. The owner was The Christian Radich Sail Training Founda ...

'' - Norwegian

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training ship; her homeport is

. * ''

Cisne Branco *''For the similarly named official march of the Brazilian Navy, see Cisne Branco (march)'' ''Cisne Branco'' is a tall ship of the Brazilian Navy, based at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, used for diplomatic and public relations operations worldwide. Th ...

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training ship. * '' Concordia'' -

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Barquentine (lost 2010). * ''Creole'', Tall Ship Race (1980) from Boston (USA) training ship (DK) * '' UAM Creoula'' - a four-masted Portuguese sail training ship * ''

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'' - Mexican Navy officer-training ship (winner on two occasions). * '' Danmark'' - Danish

training ship built in Nakskov, Denmark 1933. * '' Dar Młodzieży'' - a three-masted Polish full-rigged ship (built in 1982). * '' Dar Pomorza'' - winner of 1972 and 1980 races, a three-masted Polish full-rigged ship (built in 1909, decommissioned in 1980 and replaced by the ''Dar Mlodziezy'', see above). * ''

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'' - training vessel for the U.S. Coast Guard, most recently participated in 2005. * ''

Eendracht The Eendracht is a former tidal branch of river Scheldt that has been channelised to form the northern stretch of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal. It flows from the Zoommeer lake (formerly part of the Oosterschelde) near Bergen op Zoom past the town ...

'' - Dutch schooner owned by Stichting het Zeilend Zeeschip (Foundation the Sailing Seaship). * '' Schooner Ernestina'' - the official vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. * '' Esmeralda'' - Training vessel for the Chilean Navy, won in 1982 and 1990. * '' Étoile'' -

training schooner which together with the Belle Poule, its sister ship, has been participating in the Tall Ships' Race since 1958. In 2009, the Etoile and the Belle Poule crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the first time during the Tall Ship Atlantic Challenge. * ''

Eye of the Wind ''Eye of the Wind'' is a brigantine converted in the 1970s from the topsail schooner ''Friedrich'' built in 1911 at the C. H. Lühring shipyard in Brake, Lower Saxony, Brake, Germany. History The schooner ''Friedrich'' initially sailed in the S ...

'' - participated several times while operated by Adventure under Sail between 1973 and 2000 * '' HMS Falken'' - a two-masted Swedish Naval training schooner. * '' Far Barcelona'' - an 1874 jacket restored at the Consorci El Far as vessel school, Barcelona-Spain. * '' Georg Stage'' - Danish Ship. * '' HMS Gladan'' - a two-masted Swedish Naval training schooner. * ''

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n Barque. * '' Golden Quest'' - a three-masted Swedish barque. * '' Gorch Fock'' (built in 1958). * ''

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'' (built in 1982). * '' Gulden leeuw'' - a three-masted Dutch topsail schooner. * '' Jens Krogh'' - a Danish gaff ketch. * '' Johann Smidt (ex Eendracht)'' (German Wikipedia) - a two-masted German schooner, class B (length between 30.5 and 46.5 m) winner in 1992 and 2000. * '' Jolie Brise'' - a French pilot cutter, three times winner of the Fastnet Ocean Race, two times overall winner of the Tall Ships' Races. Owned maintained and sailed by Dauntsey's School. * ''

Juan de Lángara Juan Francisco de Lángara y Huarte (1736 – 1806) was a Spanish Navy officer and politician. Life and career Early life He was born at A Coruña, Galicia, the son of a renowned Basque family. His father was admiral Juan de Langara Ari ...

'' - Spanish training schooner, won the Friend's Ships Trophy in 2006 and is a regular participant in Tall Ships Races from 1995. * ''

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n. * '' Kruzenshtern'' -

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n four-masted

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, one of the last genuine

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s under sail. * ''

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''- a Czech replica of Augustine Herman's historical ship (2nd half of 18 century). Winner of TSRace 2007. link: * '' Libertad'' -

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Ship. * '- a Danish barquentine first entered in 2009. * ''STS Lord Nelson'' - ''

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'' - Southampton. * '' Malcolm Miller'' - sistership of the three-mast schooner Sir Winston Churchill,

vessel, took part in 1991 * '' Marques'' - a British bark that sank during the 1984 race * ''Maybe'' - a 1920s Dutch sailing ketch which took part in the first tall ships race. * ''

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'' - a Belgian merchant marine three-masted barquentine, winner of the Oslo ~ Oostende race in 1960. * ''

STS Mir STS ''Mir'' () is a three-masted, full-rigged ship, full-rigged training ship, based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1987 at the Gdańsk Shipyard, Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. ''Mir'' is the second largest of six sister ships d ...

'' - a three-masted

n training ship. * ''

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'' - a three-masted

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n sail training ship. * ''Moosk'' - a 100-year-old Cornish Yawl. * '' Morgenster - a

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. * ''Morning Star of Revelation'' - a British gaff ketch. * '' Mutin'' -

Navy's oldest training ship which was used during WW2 as an operational unit by the British ''Special Operations Executives'' (SOE). * '' Ocean Scout'' - a Bermuda rigged Oyster 49 ketch launched in 1994 operated by the UK scout sail training charity, Adventures Offshore. It is the elder sister ship to Offshore Scout. * '' Offshore Scout'' - a Bermuda rigged Oyster 49 ketch launched in 1997 operated by the UK scout sail training charity, Adventures Offshore. It is the elder sister ship to Ocean Scout. * '' Pelican of London'' - a UK main-mast barquentine. * '' Pogoria'' - a three-masted Polish barquentine (built in 1980). * ''

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'' - a German brig ST G 508. * ''Rona II'' - a ketch rigged Oyster 68 * '' - TS ''Royalist'' is a brig owned and operated as a sail training ship by the Sea Cadet Corps of the United Kingdom tall ships. * '' Sagita'' - a Danish schooner. * '' NRP Sagres (ex Rickmer Rickmers)'' - Portuguese training ship. * ''

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n Barque. * '' Seute Deern II (ex Noona Dan)'' (German Wikipedia) - a two-masted German ketch, former school ship. * ''

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'' - replica of a Russian 18th century frigate (built in 1999). * '' KRI Dewaruci'' - a three-masted Indonesian barque, Naval cadet training ship * '' Skibladner II'' - a Danish gaff ketch * '' Skonnerten Jylland'' - a Danish three mast staging sail schooner that functions as a sailing youth home * ''

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'' - Norway, the oldest operative full-rigged ship in the world. * ''

Stad Amsterdam ''Stad Amsterdam'' (''City of Amsterdam'') is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Shipyard. The ship was designed by Gerard Dijkstra who modelled her after the mid-19th century frigate ''Ams ...

'' - Dutch clipper, built as a charter and cruise ship. She won in 2001. * ''

Statsraad Lehmkuhl ''Statsraad Lehmkuhl'' is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen (city), Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a scho ...

'' - a three-masted Norwegian barque whose homeport is

. * ''

Stavros S Niarchos ''Stavros S Niarchos'' is a British brig-rigged tall ship, now renamed "Sunset". She was previously owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT). She was primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake v ...

- British sail training ship. * ''The Swan'' - Shetland ship. * '' Swan fan Makkum'' -

Brigantine. * '' INS Tarangini'' - a three-masted Indian barque. * ''

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'' Dutch Ketch. * ''

SV Tenacious SV ''Tenacious'' is a modern British wooden sail training ship, specially designed in the 1990s. When completed in 2000, it was the largest wooden ship to be built in the UK for over 100 years. Design and construction The ship was built by th ...

'' - ''

'' - Southampton. * '' Tokka-Lotta'' - a 42-foot Bermuda sloop rigged training vessel for the Sea Scouts of Naantali, Finland * ''

HMS Trincomalee HMS ''Trincomalee'' is a Royal Navy sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship afloat in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartle ...

'' - Britain's oldest warship afloat. Will remain in

. * ''Vega Gamleby'' - Swedish schooner, regular participant since 2013. * '' Windrose (of Amsterdam)'' - Fastest on the line, 2003.

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