Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Mir"
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Name: | Mir |
Registered port: | St. Petersburg |
Nation: | RUS |
Type of rigging: | VOLLSCHIFF |
Year built: | 1987 |
Yard: | Stocznia Gdanska, Gdansk, PL |
Overall length: | 109.40 m |
Length (hull): | 94.20 m |
Breadth: | 14.00 m |
Draught: | 6.40 m |
Sail area: | 2771 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 1140 PS |
Engine: | 2 x 570 PS Cigulski Sulzer |
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Last update: 20 Apr 2001
- built as the third ship of a series of similar training ships in Gdansk in 1987, her sisters are the "Druzhba" (1987), "Pallada" (1988), "Khersones" (1988) and "Nadezhda" (1989), some smaller is the first ship of this series, the "Dar Mlodziezy" (1981)
- belongs to the Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg, the oldest higher educational instutution in Russia (founded in 1876), which prepares seamen for the merchant marine fleet of Russia
- In the face of negative economic conditions, sponsors in Hamburg, Bremerhaven und Rostock made it possible to carry out the urgently needed repairs in the winters of 1992, 1994 and 1995 e.g. a general overhaul of engine and rudder plant was carried out and nautical and technical control instruments were installed.
- participated in Sail Hamburg 1989 and Sail Bremerhaven 1990 and won the Columbus race 1992 as the fastest sailing ship in the world; The "Queen of the Ocean" also won the "Baltic Sail" race in 1996, she also often beat the "Khersones" and therefore she is regarded as the fastest sailing ship in the world at present
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Contact:
Website (deutsch, 17 Apr 2011):http://www.tallshipmir.info/
Mir: German website about the ship, photos, specification, contact addresses, news, schedules
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.
Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 120 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 282 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Ollivier Puget
"Windjammer der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1999 ISBN: 3-89225-396-X
(franz. Originalausgabe: "Les Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1997)
Page: 125 Source with picture Source with history
Giancarlo Schiavoni
"Unter Segeln, die grossen Windjammer auf den Weltmeeren"
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1994 ISBN: 3-7822-0605-3
(ital. Originalausgabe: "La nave a vela")
Page: 149 Source with picture
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 112 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
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: 181 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
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: 121 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: 313 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 136,137,300 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: 211 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact