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Revision as of 18:27, 19 October 2015

Pogoria at anchor position in Portofino, Italy (January 2006)
History
Poland
NamePogoria
OwnerPolish Government[2]
BuilderGdańska Lenina[2]
Yard numberb79/01[2]
Launched23 January 1980[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeSail training ship
Tons burthen498 tonnes deadweight (DWT)[2]
Length48.00 m (157 ft 6 in)[1]
Beam8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draught3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion945 m2 (10,170 sq ft) Sail and 310 hp (230 kW) Wola Warszawa diesel engine
Sail planBarquentine
ComplementUp to 50

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 it's 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 it's 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. It's main use is - as designed - education and training. Most crew rotations consist of junior and high school students in 1-8 week long tours. The usual complement is ~6 professional officers and 40 students and volunteer teachers. The ship running duties (regular watches etc) are being wholly filled by the youth crew, in addition to their regular school coursework. The fees are kept close to nominal level.

2009 dismasting accident

On 7 July 2009, two of the masts on Pogoria broke at welded joints while the ship was en route to St Petersburg, Russia. The 37 youths onboard were airlifted off the ship by two helicopters of the Finnish Border Guard's Aviation Unit. The ship was towed into Hanko as her engines were disabled in the incident.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pogoria". Pogoria.pl. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "5701548". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Troubled Polish Ship Towed into Hanko Harbour". Uutiset. Retrieved 29 August 2009.