Class A

Statsraad Lehmkuhl

Norway

Statsraad Lehmkuhl is a three-masted steel barque, built in 1914 in Bremerhaven, Germany as a training ship. In 1978, she was donated to the Stiftelsen Seilskipet Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation which now owns and operates the ship.

www.lehmkuhl.no


Shabab Oman

Oman

Shabab Oman is now a barquentine, but was launched in 1971 as a topsail schooner called Captain Scott. In 1979, she was transferred to the Omani Navy and her name converted into Arabic. Shabab Oman is recognised by the red dagger and crossed swords, the national symbol of Oman, on her topsails.


Royalist

UK

Royalist was built in 1971 by Groves and Gutteridge in Cowes, Isle of Wight to a design by Colin Mudie.Royalist is owned and operated by the Sea Cadet Association and the ship provides about 800 cadets with berths a year.


Roald Amunsden

Germany

Roald Amundsen was built in 1952 in Roblau/Elbe for the former GDR's National People's Army.In 1992, the boat builder Detlev L ll and his friends from the society "Learn to Live on Sailing Ships" turned her into a brigantine as part of a programme to alleviate unemployment.


Pogoria

Poland

Pogoria was built in 1980 for the Iron Shackle Fraternity - a marine educational project which was conceived and founded by Captain Adam Jasser in 1971.

The current owner and operator of Pogoria is the Sail Training Association Poland. She is 154 feet long overall with accommodation for up to 50 crew and students.

www.pogoria.pl


Morgenster

Netherlands

Morgenster is a Dutch two masted 49 metre vessel which will be joining The Tall Ships' Races in 2008 for the first time. Her history dates back to 1919 and for many years she sailed as a fishing boat on the North Sea but has now been rebuilt into a square rigged brig.


Lord Nelson

UK

Named after the British Admiral, LORD NELSON was launched in 1985 and is one of two specifically designed vessels run by the Jubilee Sailing Trust in Southampton for able-bodied and physically disabled people to share the adventure and experience of tall ship sailing.

The Jubilee Sailing Trust has been in operation for around three decades and in that time has taken over 25,000 people to sea including 10,000 people with physical disabilities and 5,000 wheelchair users.


Eendracht

Netherlands

Eendracht is owned and operated by the Dutch Foundation and National Society "Het Zeilend Zeeschip"

As a 55m (excluding bowsprit) three masted schooner, Eendracht replaced her smaller predecessor Johann Smidt and was commissioned by H. M. Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on 29 August 1989. She is a regular participant in The Tall Ships' Races.


Alexander Von Humboldt

Germany

Launched in 1906 as Sonderburg, but spent most of her life as a lightship called Kiel on Germany's North Sea Coast. In 1986, Kiel was bought by the Sail Training Association of Germany (STAG) for reconstruction into a three masted sailing ship. In 1988, she was renamed Alexander von Humboldt after the famous German naturalist and globetrotter. Shortly after re-launch, she achieved her fastest speed to date of 10.5 knots.

www.dsstalex.de


Stavros S Niarchos

UK

STA Stavros S. Niarchos is the first new tall ship built in Britain for over twelve years and at 59m is the maximum size for a brig, the smallest of the square rigs and will accommodate more young people than schooners. The ship is named after the Greek businessman and sailor.

www.tallships.org


Capitan Miranda

Uruguay

Capitan Miranda was launched in Spain in 1930 and began her career as a cargo vessel. She is named after the Uruguayan hydrographer Captain Francisco Miranda and was used as a hydrographic survey ship until 1978. She then underwent a major refit and re-dedication as a school ship. With her schooner rigging and clipper bow, she looks more like a private yacht than a sail training vessel.

www.armada.mil.uy


Cuauhtémoc

Mexico

Cuauhtémoc was built in Bilbao, Spain in 1981 and originally called Celaya. She was later acquired by the Mexican Navy as a training vessel for officers, cadets, petty officers and sailors. Cuauhtemoc sailed the world for thirteen years and in 1995 underwent a major refit. Cuauhtémoc has been the proud winner of the Tall Ships' Races on two occasions.


Christian Radich

Norway

The ship functioned as a sail training ship from 1937 to 1998 and still acts as a training ship for the Norwegian Navy during the winter season. During the summer period, the ship offers voyages for school classes, corporate cruises and private parties as well as being a regular participant in the Tall Ships' Races, where she has been placed first on corrected time on several occasions.

With almost 9000 metres of rope and a 37.7 metre tall main mast, "Christian Radich" has proven hard to beat in regattas.


Sorlandet

Norway

The Sail Training Ship SØRLANDET is owned and administrated by a non-profit foundation whose primary objective is to offer the general public the chance to life on board a tall ship, as well as maintaining the ship by active use. People of all ages between 15 and 70 of both sexes and all nationalities are welcomed to participate as trainees.


Mir

Russia

Mir, which means Peace, was built as the third of five sister ships at the Lenin-shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, based on a new type of design for square rigged training vessels. Mir's rigging design was slightly altered so that she could sail closer to the wind - up to 30 degrees rather than the usual 60 degrees for square riggers.Mir's full complement of sails is 26. She is sailed with a crew of 200 but can be manned effectively with as little as 30.


Kaliakra

Bulgaria

Kaliakra was built at the Gdansk Shipyard, Poland, in 1984 and is owned by Navigation Maritime Bulgare.

The ship was specially designed for the training and qualification of students from the Maritime Academy in Varna - the future officers of the Bulgarian merchant fleet.

The ship has participated on many occasions in a number of Tall Ships' Races organised by the International Sailing Training Association (ISTA) and Sail Training International. Her numerous highly placed results and international popularity have raised the prestige of the Bulgarian national flag.


Asgard II

Ireland

This lovely brigantine was designed specially for sail training purposes by the late Jack Tyrrell and built in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

While "Asgard II" is owned by the State and the Minister for Defence is its registered owner, it is not a Naval Service vessel. It is managed by Coiste an Asgard, the committee first formed in 1968 which is now a company limited by guarantee. Coiste an Asgard is also a founding member of Sail Training International, the body which regulates sail training throughout the world.

As befits the traditional design of the vessel, "Asgard II" carries as her figurehead a carving of "Granuaile", the famous 16th century Mayo "Pirate" Queen.


Dar Mlodziezy


Dar Mlodziezy has been owned by the Gdynia Maritime Academy since she was built in 1982. Her name means "the gift of youth" and she replaced the frigate Dar Pormoza.

She proved to be a highly sucessful sail training ship and four other sisters were built in the following years, Druzhba, Khersonses, Mir, Nadeshda, Pallada. She has graced the Tall Ships' Races with her presence on a regular basis for around 25 years.

Her debut was in 1982 when she crossed the start line directly after being commissioned. She has undertaken circumnavigations of the Globe which included the 200th anniversary of Australia in Sydney in 1988.


Sedov

Launched in Kiel in 1921, Sedov is the four masted sail training barque of the University of Murmansk. She is used to train young cadets to become officers, mechanics and radio specialists.

Sedov can accommodate up to 320 people including 75 crew members. Training takes place during a journey of 3 to 4 months along European coasts and includes cultural and economic exchanges with the ports being visited.


Cisne Branco

Cisne Branco (Portuguese for 'mute' or 'white swan') is a full rigged ship build by Damen Shipyard in Amsterdam. So impressed were the Brazilian admirals with the Dutch 'modern clipper' Stad Amsterdam that they commissioned a sister ship for their own navy.

Cisne Branco is normally used in national and international representation activities to showcase the Brazilian Navy and Brazilian culture. She is also used as an instructional sailing ship by the cadets of the Brazilian Naval Academy, Academy of Merchant Marine and other naval schools.




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