Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Europa"

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Europa, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1998 , 08/1998

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1998,
08/1998

Europa, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1998 , 08/1998

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1998,
08/1998

Europa, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1998 , 08/1998

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1998,
08/1998

Europa, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1998 , 08/1998

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1998,
08/1998

Europa, Werner Jurkowski, Aalborg , 08/1999

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Werner Jurkowski,
Aalborg,
08/1999

Europa, Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/), k.A. / unknown , 07/2009

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Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/),
k.A. / unknown,
07/2009

Europa, Volker Gries, Tall Ships Race 2012, Saint-Malo, FRA , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Tall Ships Race 2012, Saint-Malo, FRA,
07/2012

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Europa
Ex-names:Senator Brockes
Registered port:Scheveningen
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:BARK
Year built:1911/1994
Yard:Stülkenwerft, Hamburg, GER
Overall length:55.10 m
Length (hull):48.60 m
Breadth:7.45 m
Draught:3.90 m
Sail area:1020 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:730 PS
Engine:2 x Caterpillar

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 30 Jan 2014

  • built 1911 in the "Stlcken" shipyard in Hamburg as the "Senator Brockes", the vessel was initially used as a merchant navy training ship.
  • she was later converted into a light ship and lay in the "Elbe 4" position until 1914.
  • she then became a pilot station from 1916 to 1918 and from 1918 to 1936 she lay in the "Elbe 3" position.
  • from October 1942, she was under navy command in the Baltic Sea and from July 1945 was located in the "Elbe 2" position until she was de-commissioned.
  • she was lavishly converted from 1986 to 1994 and rigged as a bark, after which she sailed the coastal waters of England, France and Belgium.
  • the "Europa" is a windjammer in charter service, and regularly takes part in regatta events, such as the 1995 Sail Bremerhaven, the 1996 Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race, the 1998 "Kieler Woche" and the 1998 and 1999 Hanse Sail in Rostock.
  • she also sailed in the 2nd Hiorten Regatta from Karlskrona to Rostock in 1998.
  • since 2,000 she is operated by Smit Tall Ship B.V. from Amsterdam
  • she took part in the Tall Ship 2000 race organized by the ISTA, and will visited South American waters and the Antarctic then
  • 2004-2005 visit of ports at the Eastcoast of Ameica and Canada before she started anothert expedition to the Antarctic.
  • Nov 2012 begin of a circumnavigation together with "Tecla" and "Oosterschelde" rounding Cape Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn, participation in sailing events and Tall Ships Races held in Australia.

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Last tracked position of the ship Europa

Contact:

Website (English/nederlands, 27 Dec 2006):
http://www.barkeuropa.com/
Europa / Smit Tall Ship B.V. Bark Europa: her history, sailing program, pictures and contact

Website (deutsch, 07 Jul 2007):
http://www.hawemann-sailing.de/
Europa: voyage report of sailing in arctic waters

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: 76 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: 226 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: 83 Source with picture Source with history

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 69 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: 113 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: 72 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: 248 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: 78 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: 147 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact