Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Flying Cloud"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Flying Cloud
Ex-names:Tuxtla, Oiseau des Iles
Registered port:Malabo, Eq. Guinea
Base port:Tortola
Nation:GEQ
Type of rigging:BARKENTINE
Year built:1927
Yard:A. Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes, FRA
Overall length:63.40 m
Length (hull):56.00 m
Breadth:9.70 m
Draught:4.80 m
Sail area:1090 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:420 PS
Engine:Cleveland Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 25 Dec 2010

  • "Oiseau des Iles" was built at the Dubigeon shipyard in France in 1925 intended purpose of the ship should be hydrographic expeditions and scientific research in the South Seas.
  • later she could be a cargo carrying vessel doing inter-island trade, perhaps in the West Indies or French Polynesia.
  • 1955 sold to Latin America to Mexico, converted to a motor vessel and used along the coasts under the name "Tuxtla".
  • 1965 bought by new owners, rebuilding and conversion to a luxurious sailing cruise liner.
  • sailed the Caribbean, operated from Tortola (British Virgin Island), owner was the Dedicated Holdings, Ltd., charter vessel of the Windjammer Barefoot Cruises fleet.
  • after financial collapse of the operator she was sold to a diving company to be sunk as an artificial reef, but was still seen in low waters at an industrial yard at the British Virgin Islands in 2010.

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: 168 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 235 Source with picture Quelle with contact
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 24 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data