Specification
- Name: MERISISSI III
- Class: D
- Nationality: Finland
- Year built: 1982
- Home port: Turku, Finland
- Rig: Ketch
- Height: 16.48 m
- Length of hull: 15.15 m
- Entered by: Turun Partio-Sissit Ry
About
- Areas of operation: Northern Europe, Baltic
- Number of trainees: 13
- Number of permanent crew: 3
- Berth types: Bunks;
- Operational language(s) on board: Finnish
Biography
Merisissi III is owned and run by the Sea Scout Troop from Turku in Finland. She has participated in the Tall Ships Races several times in the past 40 years. She was built in 1982, replacing the wooden Merisissi II which took part in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race in 1972.
