Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Belle Blonde"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Belle Blonde
Ex-names:LV 88
Registered port:Tokio
Nation:JAPAN
Type of rigging:BRIGANTINE
Year built:1907/1983
Yard:New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., USA
Overall length:50.30 m
Length (hull):39.60 m
Breadth:9.10 m
Draught:4.00 m
Sail area:1394 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:350 PS
Engine:Washington

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 20 Mar 2006

  • used as a light ship most time at the mouth of the Columbia river in Oregon on the Pacific Coast from 1907 to 1960.
  • after being sold for scrapping she became a floating museum ship of the Columbia River Maritime Museum between 1963-79.
  • plans to rebuilt her as a restaurant ship failed.
  • sold to Claude Lacerte and refitted as a brigantine in 1982.
  • took part in the 1984 Tall Ships Race from the Bermudas to Halifax and Quebec/Canada.
  • charter voyages, temporarily chartered as a reserve training ship by the Canadian Armed Forces.
  • sold to a Japanese organization (Hokoku Kosan Kabushiki Kaika of Tokyo) in 1988 for PR work concerning building projects and marinas on the island of Kiushu.

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: 181 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 48 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

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: 80 Source with picture

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 195 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data