Khersones (ship)

	Khersones at «Sochi Yacht Show»
History
Russia
Owner	Sevastopol branch of Federal State-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education
Builder	Lenin Shipyard, Gdańsk
Launched	1989
Identification	IMO number: 8511835; MMSI number: 273389550; Callsign: UEQS;
Status	Active
Notes	Home port, Sevastopol
General characteristics
Class and type	Russian Maritime Register Special Purpose Ship !A
Length	108.6 m (356 ft)
Beam	14 m (46 ft)
Draft	6,8 m
Propulsion	sail, 2 1,000 hp. auxiliary engines
Sail plan	3-masted ship rig; sail area 2,770 m2 (29,800 sq ft), 26 sails, height 49.5 m (162 ft)
Complement	42, including 2 teachers; 72 cadets; 91 trainees/passengers, max. 250 for day sails
Notes	Speed under sail, 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).; under power, 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph).

Khersones at regatta Sochi-Varna

The Khersones or Chersones is a Russian three-mast tall ship, a full-rigged ship. It was built in 1989 in Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland, in a series of six sister ships (among which also the Mir), after the designs of Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń. The ship is named after the city of Chersonesus an ancient city and archaeological site near Sevastopol.

Today Khersones was a training ship for the . She partakes in many windjammer regattas.^[2]

Khersones will take part in "SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta – 2016".^[3]

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