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STS Amerigo Vespucci belongs to the Italian Navy. She was launched on 22nd February 1931 and commissioned in June, same year. The ship was built to resemble a wooden warship of the early nineteenth century (and, because of this, the two white stripes on black hull recall the two lines of guns): nevertheless, the hull […]

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Tornado PZ-41 built in 1974 sails under ensign Yacht Club Polish Navy Kotwica. Tornado has participated in the Tall Ships’ Races many times since 1978. She is a fast yacht and has raced competitively, winning many trophies including the Illingworth Trophy in 1999.

The Indian Navy sail training ship Tarangini (her name comes from the Hindi word ‘Tarang’ meaning waves) is a three-masted steel barque, designed by Colin Mudie and built at Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco da Gama, Goa, India, in 1996/7. Tarangini is a near sister to STS Lord Nelson with the same hull and rig though […]

Theia serves as a training vessel for the Sea Scouts troop – Turun Sinikotkat. Theia is a sloop rigged 47′ one off pilothouse sailing yacht with sandwich GRP hull. The vessel is designed by naval architect Pekka Eivola and built in Turku, Finland. She sails more then 3,000 nautical miles every summer, crewed by young […]

Zarco belongs to the Portuguese Navy, and will participate in The Tall Ships Races 2016 for the first time. She and Polar sail in the region of the Iberian Peninsula, and the concept of use is weekend sailing during school time and holiday sailing for 4 or 5 weeks.

INS Sudarshini is a sail training ship built by Goa Shipyard Ltd for the Indian Navy. The ship is a follow on class of INS Tarangini which was commissioned in 1997. "Sudarshini" means "beautiful lady Sundari" after the younger half-sister of Buddha. The ship has been designed by Colin Mudie. Sudarshini is a three-masted barque. It […]

Sailing Vessel ORP ISKRA is one of a few Polish Navy training ships. The main purpose of the ship is to train cadets from Polish Naval Academy. The ship was built in Gdansk Shipyard. She was designed by Polish architect Zygmunt Choreń. Keel of the ship was laid down on 11 November 1981. ORP ISKRA […]

The present training ship Sagres was built in 1937 at the Blohm & Voss shipyards, in Hamburg. Her original name was Albert Leo Schlageter and she was the third of a series of four ships procured at the time by the German Navy (Kriegsmarine). The other three ships were the Gorch Fock (1933) – Tovarish […]

Aurantytto serves as a training vessel for the Girl Sea Scout Troop Auran Tytot – her homeport is Turku, Finland. She is 17m high and her areas of operation are throughout the Baltic Sea. The troop purchased Aurantytto in2017 as a celebration of the troop’s 100th birthday, replacing the old training vessel. Aurantytto was built […]

Morgenster was launched in 1919 as a herring lugger “Vrouw Maria” SCH 324 for the fishing company den Dulk. She was built at the shipyard Boot in Alphen. In 1927 she was motorised (200 HP La Meuse) and extended for another 7 meters. There she got her new name “Morgenster”. She continued as a motorised […]

LOA was built as a three-masted schooner in Svendborg, Denmark in 1922 – and restored as a barquentine in Aalborg, Denmark 2004-09. The vessel is owned by the Danish sail training trust, Tall Ship Aalborg Fonden. The home port is Aalborg, host of the Tall Ships’ Races in 1999, 2004, 2010, and again in 2015. LOA […]

STS Kapitan Borchardt is a three-masted gaff-rigged schooner constructed in 1918, in the Netherlands, as an oceanic cargo ship. Over the years ‘Nora’ (launching name) was frequently renamed and when she arrived at the Polish coast she was called ‘Najaden’. In 1934 a crash with Pinguin – Dutch offshore motor ship – took place on […]

SY Politechnika – Opal IV type yacht (Conrad 45), which is owned by the Student Sailing Club of the Warsaw University of Technology. It was established in 1978 and since then has served as the club’s flagship vessel

Dewaruci was built in 1952 by H C Stulcken & Sohn Hamburg, West Germany, and launched on 24 January 1953. She sailed to Indonesia with Indonesian naval officers and cadets. The ship has been used as a training ship in the Indonesian Naval Academy based in Surabaya. The mission of KRI Dewaruci is to: – […]

Grossherzogin Elisabeth was built in 1909 as a trading schooner called San Antonio. In 1936, their rig was dismantled and her diesel engine was replaced with a stronger one. She then traded as a motor coaster until 1971 when she was sold to German owners who refitted the rig and reconstructed her to the sail […]