Europa (ship)
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 Europa in Szczecin, Poland, 2007 |
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| Career (Netherlands) |  Netherlands |
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| Name: | Europa |
| Launched: | 1911 |
| Homeport: | The Hague |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8951932 Call Sign: PDZS |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Beam: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2×365 HP Caterpillar |
Sailing ship Europa is a steel-hulled barque from the Netherlands, originally built in 1911, as a lightship at the H.C. Stülcken & Sohn shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. Its original name was Senator Brockes. Until 1977, it was in use by the German Federal Coast Guard as a lightship on the river Elbe. In 1985 a Dutchman bought the vessel (or what was left of it), and in 1994 she was fully restored as a barque, a three mast rigged ship, and retrofitted as a special-purpose sail-training ship.
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, Tristan da Cunha, and Cape Town. In 2002 she rounded the Cape Horn.
[edit] Specifications
- Air draught: 33 m (108 ft)
- Max. sail area: 1,250 m2 (13,500 sq ft)
[edit] Gallery
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Europa sailing in front of Table Mountain, South Africa
