STS Kapitan Borchardt
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History | |
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Poland | |
Name | Kapitan Borchardt |
Operator | Skłodowscy Yachting Sp. z o.o. SKA |
Port of registry | Gdańsk |
Builder | J. Patje Waterhuizen |
Launched | 1918 |
Renamed | Nora, Harlingen, Moewe, Vadder, Gerrit, In Spe, Utskar, Najaden |
Identification |
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Status | in active service, as of 2021[ref] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tall ship |
Tonnage |
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Length | 45 m (148 ft) o/a |
Beam | 7 m (23 ft) |
Propulsion | 350 hp (261 kW) Caterpillar 3406B |
Sail plan | Gaff-schooner, sail area: 600 m2 (6,500 sq ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 |
Crew | 7 to 60 |
Kapitan Borchardt is a Polish sail training ship built in 1918, named after Karol Olgierd Borchardt. "Kapitan Borchardt" is the oldest sailing ship currently flying the Polish flag. It was launched in the Netherlands in 1918 and named "Nora". She was used as an ocean-going cargo ship. Converted to sail training ship in 1989 in Sweden. Brought to Polandin 2011 after purchase from the Swedish shipowner under the name Najaden[1]
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Categories:
- Individual sailing vessels
- Tall ships of Poland
- Ships built in the Netherlands
- 1918 ships
- Schooners
- Sail training ships
- Training ships of Poland
- Individual ship or boat stubs