Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Stad Amsterdam"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Stad Amsterdam |
Registered port: | Amsterdam |
Nation: | NL |
Type of rigging: | VOLLSCHIFF |
Year built: | 2000 |
Yard: | Damen Oranjewerf Amsterdam |
Overall length: | 78.00 m |
Length (hull): | 60.50 m |
Breadth: | 10.50 m |
Draught: | 4.20 m |
Sail area: | 2200 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 1018 PS |
Engine: | Caterpillar |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 11 Feb 2023
- In 1995, when the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race and Sail Amsterdam finished with a Parade of Sail, many were aware that there was no Dutch fully-rigged ship to lead the fleet. In 2000 at another Sail Amsterdam this situation was solved through the new-built clipper "Stad Amsterdam", project was supported by private and public sectors.
- built to the style of a ship of the 2nd half of the 19th century, the great days of the clipper ships.
- is available for luxury cruises, PR-activities, sail training, sailing festivals and museum/historic activities, is an attraction in ship parades, mainly on the coasts of Western Europe, crossed the Atlantic several times.
- 2001 winner of the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race.
- 2005 flagship of the Sail Amsterdam.
- 2009 eight-month trip to celebrate the 200th birthday of the biologist, naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809-1882).
- November 2019 to April 2020 major overhaul at the Damen shipyard in Den Helder/NL.
- there is a sister ship built in Amsterdam, the "Cisne Branco" for the Brazilian navy.
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Contact:
Website (nederlands/English, 12 Jan 2023):http://www.stadamsterdam.nl/
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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.
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 140 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
(Zeichnung)
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: 160 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: 271 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data