Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Lady Washington"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Lady Washington, Werner Jurkowski, Seattle , 05/1989

Source, location, date:
Werner Jurkowski,
Seattle,
05/1989

Lady Washington, Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/), k.A. / unknown , 06/2008

Source, location, date:
Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/),
k.A. / unknown,
06/2008

Lady Washington, Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/), k.A. / unknown , 06/2008

Source, location, date:
Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/),
k.A. / unknown,
06/2008

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Lady Washington
Registered port:Grays Harbor
Nation:USA
Type of rigging:BRIGG
Year built:1989
Yard:Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Overall length:34.00 m
Length (hull):21.80 m
Breadth:6.60 m
Draught:3.30 m
Sail area:408 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Engine:keine/none

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 22 Jan 2011

  • replica of a Sloop (later rigged as brig) with which the Capt. Robert Gray sailed from Boston around Cape Hoorn to the Western coast of North America in 1787, she brought the first settlers to the later state Washington.
  • the original ship was used to sail to Japan and China as a as a merchant ship then and it was the first American ship visited a Japanese port.
  • the replica of today serves as museum ship, for sail training under sail, charter and is an ambassador of the state Washington.
  • September 13, 1987 keel laid in Aberdeen, Washington by Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, launched on March 7, 1989.
  • 1991 first voyage to Canada, including ports of Sooke, BC, and Vancouver, BC.
  • 1993 first voyage to California meeting with "Hawaiian Chieftain", film work in "Star Trek: Generations".
  • 2003 voyage to the Caribbean for filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl".

Contact:

Website (English, 03 Oct 2005):
http://brigtime.blogspot.com/
Lady Washington: Weblog with information about the ship

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 344 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 162 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 109 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 389 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 192 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact