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{{short description|Large, traditionally rigged sailing vessel}}
{{short description|Large, traditionally rigged sailing vessel}}
{{Redirect|Tall Ships|the band|Tall Ships (band)}}
{{Redirect|Tall Ships|the band|Tall Ships (band)|the album by Show of Hands|Tall Ships (album)}}
[[File:Tall ship off of Newlyn 3.jpg|thumb|300px|A tall ship from above anchored off of Newlyn in Cornwall]]
[[File:Hanse sail 2010 warnemuende einlaufen.jpg|thumb|300 px|Group of "tall ships" at [[Hanse Sail]] 2010]]
[[File:Hanse sail 2010 warnemuende einlaufen.jpg|thumb|300 px|Group of "tall ships" at [[Hanse Sail]] 2010]]


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[[File:Portsmouthsunset.jpg|thumb|More than 36 tall ships participated in the 200th anniversary of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in Portsmouth, part of the fleet of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from 36 countries]]
[[File:Portsmouthsunset.jpg|thumb|More than 36 tall ships participated in the 200th anniversary of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in Portsmouth, part of the fleet of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from 36 countries]]


Traditional rigging may include [[square rig]]s and [[gaff rig]]s, usually with separate [[Mast (sailing)|topmasts]] and [[topsail]]s. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as [[aluminum]] and [[steel]] to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails. Most smaller, modern vessels use the [[Bermuda rig]]. Though it did not become popular elsewhere until the twentieth century, this rig was developed in [[Bermuda]] in the seventeenth century, and had historically been used on its small ships, the [[Bermuda sloop]]s.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
Traditional rigging may include [[square rig]]s and [[gaff rig]]s, usually with separate [[Mast (sailing)|topmasts]] and [[topsail]]s. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as [[aluminum]] and [[steel]] to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails. Most smaller, modern vessels use the [[Bermuda rig]].


Author and [[master mariner]] [[Joseph Conrad]] (who spent 1874 to 1894 at sea in tall ships and was quite particular about naval terminology) used the term "tall ship" in his works;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KPy-DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Joseph+Conrad%22+%22Tall+ship%22&pg=PT3001|title=Selected works of Joseph Conrad|last=Conrad|first=Joseph|date=2019-11-20|publisher=Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing|language=en}}</ref> for example, in ''The Mirror of the Sea'' in 1906.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdfPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Joseph+Conrad%22+%22Tall+ship%22+%22The+Mirror+of+the+Sea%22&pg=PA56|title=The Mirror of the Sea|last=Conrad|first=Joseph|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1906|pages=56}}</ref>
Author and [[master mariner]] [[Joseph Conrad]] (who spent 1874 to 1894 at sea in tall ships and was quite particular about naval terminology) used the term "tall ship" in his works;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KPy-DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Joseph+Conrad%22+%22Tall+ship%22&pg=PT3001|title=Selected works of Joseph Conrad|last=Conrad|first=Joseph|date=2019-11-20|publisher=Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing|language=en}}</ref> for example, in ''The Mirror of the Sea'' in 1906.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdfPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Joseph+Conrad%22+%22Tall+ship%22+%22The+Mirror+of+the+Sea%22&pg=PA56|title=The Mirror of the Sea|last=Conrad|first=Joseph|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1906|pages=56|isbn=9781774415207 }}</ref>


[[Henry David Thoreau]] also references the term "tall ship" in his first work, ''A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers'', quoting "Down out at its mouth, the dark inky main blending with the blue above. [[Plum Island (Massachusetts)|Plum Island]], its sand ridges scolloping along the horizon like the sea-serpent, and the distant outline broken by many a tall ship, leaning, still, against the sky." He does not cite this quotation, but the work was written in 1849.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4232/pg4232.html|title=A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers|first=Thoreau, Henry David|last=1817-1862|website=www.gutenberg.org|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref>
[[Henry David Thoreau]] also references the term "tall ship" in his first work, ''[[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]]'', quoting "Down out at its mouth, the dark inky main blending with the blue above. [[Plum Island (Massachusetts)|Plum Island]], its sand ridges scolloping along the horizon like the sea-serpent, and the distant outline broken by many a tall ship, leaning, still, against the sky." He does not cite this quotation, but the work was written in 1849.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4232/pg4232.html|title=A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers|last=Thoreau|first=Henry David|website=www.gutenberg.org|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref>


While [[Sail Training International]] (STI) has extended the definition of ''tall ship'' for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than {{convert|30|ft|m|2|abbr=on|lk=in}} waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://sailtraininginternational.org/sailtraining/definition-of-a-tall-ship/|title=Definition of a tall ship|website=Sail On Board|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>
While [[Sail Training International]] (STI) has extended the definition of ''tall ship'' for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than {{convert|30|ft|m|2|abbr=on|lk=}} [[waterline length]] and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://sailtraininginternational.org/sailtraining/definition-of-a-tall-ship/|title=Definition of a tall ship|website=Sail On Board|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>


==Sail Training International==
==Sail Training International==
[[File:RigFromAbove.jpg|thumb|The masts and yards of a [[brig]]]]
[[File:RigFromAbove.jpg|thumb|The masts and yards of a [[brig]]]]
[[File:GoingAloft.jpg|thumb|Crew aloft, tending sails]]
[[File:GoingAloft.jpg|thumb|Crew aloft, tending sails]]
In the 21st century, "tall ship" is often used generically for large, classic, sailing vessels, but is also a technically defined term by Sail Training International for its purposes and of course, STI helped popularize the term. The exact definitions have changed somewhat over time, and are subject to various technicalities, but by 2011 there were 4 classes (A, B, C, and D). Basically there are only two size classes, A is over 40 m LOA, and B/C/D are 9.14 m to under 40 m LOA. The definitions have to do with rigging: class A is for square sail rigged ships, class B is for "traditionally rigged" ships, class C is for "modern rigged" vessels with no "[[spinnaker]]-like sails", and class D is the same as class C but carrying a spinnaker-like sail.<ref name=":0" />
In the 21st century, "tall ship" is often used generically for large, classic, sailing vessels, but is also a technically defined term by Sail Training International for its purposes and STI helped popularize the term. The exact definitions have changed somewhat over time, and are subject to various technicalities, but by 2011 there were 4 classes (A, B, C, and D). There are only two size classes, A is over 40 m LOA, and B/C/D are 9.14 m to under 40 m LOA. The definitions have to do with rigging: class A is for square sail rigged ships, class B is for "traditionally rigged" ships, class C is for "modern rigged" vessels with no "[[spinnaker]]-like sails", and class D is the same as class C but carrying a spinnaker-like sail.<ref name=":0" />


===Class A===
===Class A===
[[File:Sedov in TSR at Kotka July 2017 2.jpg|thumb|Russian ''Sedov'' at the Kantasatama Harbour in [[Kotka]], [[Finland]], during the Tall Ships’ Races 2017.]]
[[File:Sedov in TSR at Kotka July 2017 2.jpg|thumb|Russian ''Sedov'' at the Kantasatama Harbour in [[Kotka]], [[Finland]], during the Tall Ships’ Races 2017]]
All square-rigged vessels (barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine or ship rigged) and all other vessels more than 40 metres length overall (LOA), regardless of rig. STI classifies its A Class as "all square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over {{convert|40|m|ft|0}} [[length overall]] (LOA)", in this case STI LOA excludes [[bowsprit]] and aft [[spar (sailing)|spar]]. STI defines LOA as "Length overall measured from the fore side of stem post
All square-rigged vessels (barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine or ship rigged) and all other vessels more than 40 metres length overall (LOA), regardless of rig. STI classifies its A Class as "all square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over {{convert|40|m|ft|0}} [[length overall]] (LOA)", in this case STI LOA excludes [[bowsprit]] and aft [[spar (sailing)|spar]]. STI defines LOA as "Length overall measured from the fore side of stem post
to aft side of stern post, counter or transom".<ref>
to aft side of stern post, counter or transom".<ref>
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|+ Class A Tall Ships
|+ Class A Tall Ships
|-
|-
! Current <br> Name !! Current&nbsp;Nationality !! Original <br> Delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! Length excluding<br>bowsprit [m] !! Beam [m]
! Current <br> name !! Current&nbsp;nationality !! Original <br> delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! Length excluding<br>bowsprit [m] !! Beam [m]
|-
|-
|''[[Alexander von Humboldt II]]'' || {{flag|Germany}} ||2011 ||3 ||[[Barque]] || 60 ||10.8
|''[[Alexander von Humboldt II]]'' || {{flag|Germany}} ||2011 ||3 ||[[Barque]] || 60 ||10.8
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| ''[[Belem (ship)|Belem]]'' || {{flag|France}} || 1896 || 3 ||[[Barque]] || 51 ||8.8
| ''[[Belem (ship)|Belem]]'' || {{flag|France}} || 1896 || 3 ||[[Barque]] || 51 ||8.8
|-
|-
| ''[[Bimasuci (ship)|Bimasuci]]''||{{flag|Indonesia}} || 2017 || 3 ||[[Barque]] || 111.20 ||13.65
| ''[[KRI Bima Suci|Bima Suci]]''||{{flag|Indonesia}} || 2017 || 3 ||[[Barque]] || 111.20 ||13.65
|-
|-
|''[[Capitan Miranda (ROU schooner)|Capitain Miranda]]'' || {{flag|Uruguay}} ||1930|| 3 || [[Staysail]] [[Schooner]] || 50.3 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||7.9
|''[[Capitan Miranda (ROU schooner)|Capitain Miranda]]'' || {{flag|Uruguay}} ||1930|| 3 || [[Staysail]] [[Schooner]] || 50.3 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||7.9
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|''[[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)|Cuauhtemoc]]'' ||{{flag|Mexico}} ||1982 || 3 || [[Barque]] || 67.2 || 12.0
|''[[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)|Cuauhtemoc]]'' ||{{flag|Mexico}} ||1982 || 3 || [[Barque]] || 67.2 || 12.0
|-
|-
|''[[Danmark (ship)|Danmark]]'' ||{{flag|Denmark}} || 1932 ||3 || [[Full-rigged ship]] || 59.8 ||10.1
|''[[Danmark (ship, 1932)|Danmark]]'' ||{{flag|Denmark}} || 1932 ||3 || [[Full-rigged ship]] || 59.8 ||10.1
|-
|-
|''[[Dar Młodzieży]]'' || {{flag|Poland}} ||1982 ||3|| [[Full-rigged ship]] || 94.8 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->|| 14.0
|''[[Dar Młodzieży]]'' || {{flag|Poland}} ||1982 ||3|| [[Full-rigged ship]] || 94.8 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->|| 14.0
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|''Eugene Eugenides'' || {{flag|Greece}} ||1959 ||3 ||[[Topgallant sail|Topgallant]] [[Schooner]] || || 9.2
|''Eugene Eugenides'' || {{flag|Greece}} ||1959 ||3 ||[[Topgallant sail|Topgallant]] [[Schooner]] || || 9.2
|-
|-
|''[[Europa (ship)|Europa]]'' ||{{Flag|Netherlands}} ||1911 || 3 || [[Barque]] || 44.5 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||7.3
|''[[Europa (barque)|Europa]]'' ||{{Flag|Netherlands}} ||1911 || 3 || [[Barque]] || 44.5 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||7.3
|-
|-
|''[[Gazela]]'' || {{flag|United States}} || 1901 ||3 || [[Barquentine]]|| 42.7 || 7.9
|''[[Gazela]]'' || {{flag|United States}} || 1901 ||3 || [[Barquentine]]|| 42.7 || 7.9
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|''[[U.S. Brig Niagara (replica)|U.S. Brig Niagara]]''||{{flag|United States}} ||1988 || 2 || [[Brig]] || 37.5 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->|| 9.8
|''[[U.S. Brig Niagara (replica)|U.S. Brig Niagara]]''||{{flag|United States}} ||1988 || 2 || [[Brig]] || 37.5 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->|| 9.8
|-
|-
|''Nippon Maru II'' || {{flag|Japan}} ||1984 || 4 || [[Barque]] || 89.0 || 13.8
|''[[Nippon Maru (1984)|Nippon Maru]]'' || {{flag|Japan}} ||1984 || 4 || [[Barque]] || 89.0 || 13.8
|-
|-
|''[[Oosterschelde (ship)|Oosterschelde]]'' || {{flag|Netherlands}} ||1918 ||3 ||[[Topsail]] [[Schooner]] || 40.12 ||7.5
|''[[Oosterschelde (ship)|Oosterschelde]]'' || {{flag|Netherlands}} ||1918 ||3 ||[[Topsail]] [[Schooner]] || 40.12 ||7.5
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|-
|-
|''Unicorn'' || {{flag|United&nbsp;Kingdom}} || 1948 ||2 || [[Brig]] || ||7.3
|''Unicorn'' || {{flag|United&nbsp;Kingdom}} || 1948 ||2 || [[Brig]] || ||7.3
|-
|[[BAP Unión (BEV-161)|''Unión'']] ||{{flag|Peru}} ||2014|| 4|| [[Barque]] ||99.0 ||13.5
|-
|-
|''[[INS Varuna|Varuna]]'' ||{{flag|India}} ||1981 || 3|| [[Barque]] ||54.0 ||8.5
|''[[INS Varuna|Varuna]]'' ||{{flag|India}} ||1981 || 3|| [[Barque]] ||54.0 ||8.5
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|+ Historical
|+ Historical
|-
|-
! Name !! Last Nationality !! Original <br> Delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! End
! Name !! Last nationality !! Original <br> delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! End
|-
|-
|''[[Alexander von Humboldt (ship)|Alexander&nbsp;von&nbsp;Humboldt]]'' || {{flag|Germany}} ||1906 ||3 ||[[Barque]] || Sold 2011/ relocated to Caribbean, 2013 returned to Germany; currently docked
|''[[Alexander von Humboldt (ship)|Alexander&nbsp;von&nbsp;Humboldt]]'' || {{flag|Germany}} ||1906 ||3 ||[[Barque]] || Sold 2011/ relocated to Caribbean, 2013 returned to Germany; currently docked
|-
|-
|''[[Bounty (1960 ship)|Bounty]]'' ||{{flag|United States}} ||1960 || 3 ||[[Full-rigged ship]] || Sunk 2012
|''[[Bounty (1960 ship)|Bounty]]'' ||{{flag|United States}} ||1960 || 3 ||[[Full-rigged ship]] || Sank 2012
|-
|-
|''[[Concordia (ship)|Concordia]]'' || {{flag|Canada}} || 1992 || 3|| [[Barquentine]] || Sunk 2010
|''[[Concordia (ship)|Concordia]]'' || {{flag|Canada}} || 1992 || 3|| [[Barquentine]] || Sank 2010
|-
|-
|''Dunay'' || {{flag|USSR}} || 1928 ||3 || [[Full-rigged ship]] || Burned 1963
|''Dunay'' || {{flag|USSR}} || 1928 ||3 || [[Full-rigged ship]] || Burned 1963
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|+ Class C Tall Ships
|+ Class C Tall Ships
|-
|-
! Current <br> Name !! Current&nbsp;Nationality !! Original <br> Delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! Length excluding<br>bowsprit [m] !! Beam [m]
! Current <br> name !! Current&nbsp;nationality !! Original <br> delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! Length excluding<br>bowsprit [m] !! Beam [m]
|-
|-
|''[[Sail training vessel Caroly (A5302)|Caroly]]'' || {{flag|Italy}} ||1948 ||2 ||[[yawl]] || 23.66 || 4.8
|''[[Sail training vessel Caroly (A5302)|Caroly]]'' || {{flag|Italy}} ||1948 ||2 ||[[yawl]] || 23.66 || 4.8
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File:UAM Creoula 20071106.jpg|''[[UAM Creoula]]''
File:UAM Creoula 20071106.jpg|''[[UAM Creoula]]''
File:Cuauhtemoc 001.jpg|''[[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)]]''
File:Cuauhtemoc 001.jpg|''[[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)]]''
File:Denmark frigate SLV Green.jpg|''[[Danmark (ship)|Danmark]]''
File:Denmark frigate SLV Green.jpg|''[[Danmark (ship, 1932)|Danmark]]''
File:Dar Mlodziezy2007.jpg|''[[Dar Młodzieży]]''
File:Dar Mlodziezy2007.jpg|''[[Dar Młodzieży]]''
File:Dewaruci.jpg|[[KRI Dewaruci|''Dewaruci'']]
File:Dewaruci.jpg|[[KRI Dewaruci|''Dewaruci'']]
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File:Eendracht II.JPG|[[Eendracht (1989 ship)|''Eendracht'']]
File:Eendracht II.JPG|[[Eendracht (1989 ship)|''Eendracht'']]
File:Elissa-ship.jpg|''[[Elissa (ship)|Elissa]]''
File:Elissa-ship.jpg|''[[Elissa (ship)|Elissa]]''
File:'Europa' in Belfast Lough - Tall Ships Belfast 2009 - geograph.org.uk - 1446281.jpg|[[Europa (ship)|Europa]]
File:'Europa' in Belfast Lough - Tall Ships Belfast 2009 - geograph.org.uk - 1446281.jpg|[[Europa (barque)|Europa]]
File:ARC Gloria by Will White.png|''[[ARC Gloria|Gloria]]''
File:ARC Gloria by Will White.png|''[[ARC Gloria|Gloria]]''
File:Gorch-Fock-190806-1.jpg|''[[Gorch Fock (1933)|Gorch Fock (I)]]''
File:Gorch-Fock-190806-1.jpg|''[[Gorch Fock (1933)|Gorch Fock (I)]]''
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File:Tallship in Toronto Harbour.jpeg|''[[Kajama]]''
File:Tallship in Toronto Harbour.jpeg|''[[Kajama]]''
File:Bristol hf04 tallships in harbour 03.jpg|''[[Kaskelot (tall ship)|Kaskelot]]''
File:Bristol hf04 tallships in harbour 03.jpg|''[[Kaskelot (tall ship)|Kaskelot]]''
File:Крузенштерн 10.JPG|Tall ship ''[[Kruzenshtern (ship)|Kruzenshtern]]''
File:Kaiwo Maru II in yokohama japan.jpg|''[[Kaiwo Maru II]]''
File:Kaiwo Maru II in yokohama japan.jpg|''[[Kaiwo Maru II]]''
File:Kaliakra1.jpg|[[Kaliakra (ship)|Kaliakra]]''
File:Kaliakra1.jpg|''[[Kaliakra (ship)|Kaliakra]]''
File:Khersones Kieler Woche 2005.jpg|''[[Khersones (ship)|Khersones]]''
File:Khersones Kieler Woche 2005.jpg|''[[Khersones (ship)|Khersones]]''
File:Крузенштерн 10.JPG|[[Kruzenshtern (ship)|''Kruzenshtern'']]
File:Крузенштерн 10.JPG|[[Kruzenshtern (ship)|''Kruzenshtern'']]
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FIle:Roald Amundsen front view.jpg|''[[Roald Amundsen (brig)|Roald Amundsen]]''
FIle:Roald Amundsen front view.jpg|''[[Roald Amundsen (brig)|Roald Amundsen]]''
File:RoyalAlbatross.jpg|''[[Royal Albatross (ship)|Royal Albatross]]''
File:RoyalAlbatross.jpg|''[[Royal Albatross (ship)|Royal Albatross]]''
File:Royal-clipper.jpg|''[[Royal Clipper]]''
File:N.R.P. Sagres, navio-escola. Forças Armadas Marinha Portuguesa.jpg|[[Sagres III|N.R.P. ''Sagres'']]
File:N.R.P. Sagres, navio-escola. Forças Armadas Marinha Portuguesa.jpg|[[Sagres III|N.R.P. ''Sagres'']]
File:Amsterdam Sail 2010 0819 Sedov 01.jpg|''[[STS Sedov]]''
File:Amsterdam Sail 2010 0819 Sedov 01.jpg|''[[STS Sedov]]''
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File:HMS-Surprise-overall.jpg|''[[HMS Surprise (replica ship)|HMS Surprise]]''
File:HMS-Surprise-overall.jpg|''[[HMS Surprise (replica ship)|HMS Surprise]]''
File:Tarangini.jpg|''[[INS Tarangini]]''
File:Tarangini.jpg|''[[INS Tarangini]]''
File:B.A.P. Union..jpg|''[[BAP Unión]]''
File:Young Endeavour at FBE.jpg|''[[STS Young Endeavour]]''
File:Young Endeavour at FBE.jpg|''[[STS Young Endeavour]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>
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*[[Operation Sail]]
*[[Operation Sail]]
*[[Sail training]]
*[[Sail training]]
*[[SAIL Amsterdam]]
*[[Tall Ships Challenge]]
*[[Tall Ships Challenge]]
*[[Tall Ship Chronicles]]
*[[Tall Ship Chronicles]]

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"Tall Ships" redirects here. For the band, see Tall Ships (band). For the album by Show of Hands, see Tall Ships (album).
A tall ship from above anchored off of Newlyn in Cornwall
Group of "tall ships" at Hanse Sail 2010

A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. "Tall ship" can also be defined more specifically by an organization, such as for a race or festival.

History

[edit]
The tall ship Kruzenshtern
More than 36 tall ships participated in the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in Portsmouth, part of the fleet of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from 36 countries

Traditional rigging may include square rigs and gaff rigs, usually with separate topmasts and topsails. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as aluminum and steel to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails. Most smaller, modern vessels use the Bermuda rig.

Author and master mariner Joseph Conrad (who spent 1874 to 1894 at sea in tall ships and was quite particular about naval terminology) used the term "tall ship" in his works;[1] for example, in The Mirror of the Sea in 1906.[2]

Henry David Thoreau also references the term "tall ship" in his first work, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, quoting "Down out at its mouth, the dark inky main blending with the blue above. Plum Island, its sand ridges scolloping along the horizon like the sea-serpent, and the distant outline broken by many a tall ship, leaning, still, against the sky." He does not cite this quotation, but the work was written in 1849.[3]

While Sail Training International (STI) has extended the definition of tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than 30 ft (9.14 m) waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25.[4]

Sail Training International

[edit]
The masts and yards of a brig
Crew aloft, tending sails

In the 21st century, "tall ship" is often used generically for large, classic, sailing vessels, but is also a technically defined term by Sail Training International for its purposes and STI helped popularize the term. The exact definitions have changed somewhat over time, and are subject to various technicalities, but by 2011 there were 4 classes (A, B, C, and D). There are only two size classes, A is over 40 m LOA, and B/C/D are 9.14 m to under 40 m LOA. The definitions have to do with rigging: class A is for square sail rigged ships, class B is for "traditionally rigged" ships, class C is for "modern rigged" vessels with no "spinnaker-like sails", and class D is the same as class C but carrying a spinnaker-like sail.[4]

Class A

[edit]
Russian Sedov at the Kantasatama Harbour in Kotka, Finland, during the Tall Ships’ Races 2017

All square-rigged vessels (barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine or ship rigged) and all other vessels more than 40 metres length overall (LOA), regardless of rig. STI classifies its A Class as "all square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over 40 metres (131 ft) length overall (LOA)", in this case STI LOA excludes bowsprit and aft spar. STI defines LOA as "Length overall measured from the fore side of stem post to aft side of stern post, counter or transom".[5]

Class A Tall Ships
Current
name		 Current nationality Original
delivery		 Mast Rig Length excluding
bowsprit [m]		 Beam [m]
Alexander von Humboldt II  Germany 2011 3 Barque 60 10.8
Alpha  Russia 1948 2 Barquentine 8.9
Amerigo Vespucci  Italy 1931 3 Full-rigged ship 82.4 15.8
Belem  France 1896 3 Barque 51 8.8
Bima Suci  Indonesia 2017 3 Barque 111.20 13.65
Capitain Miranda  Uruguay 1930 3 Staysail Schooner 50.3 7.9
Christian Radich  Norway 1937 3 Full-rigged ship 62.5 9.7
Cisne Branco  Brazil 1999 3 Full-rigged ship 60.5 10.7
Constitution  United States 1797 3 Full-rigged ship 62 13.26
Creole  United Kingdom 1927 3 Schooner 42.7 8.9
Creoula  Portugal 1937 4 Schooner 62.2 9.9
Cuauhtemoc  Mexico 1982 3 Barque 67.2 12.0
Danmark  Denmark 1932 3 Full-rigged ship 59.8 10.1
Dar Młodzieży  Poland 1982 3 Full-rigged ship 94.8 14.0
Dewaruci  Indonesia 1953 3 Barquentine 49.7 9.4
Druzhba  Ukraine 1987 3 Full-rigged ship 94.2 14
Eagle  United States 1936 3 Barque 80.7 11.9
Eendracht  Netherlands 1989 3 Gaff Schooner 55.3 12.2
Elissa  United States 1877 3 Barque 45.4 8.5
Esmeralda  Chile 1953 4 Barquentine 94.13 13.1
Eugene Eugenides  Greece 1959 3 Topgallant Schooner 9.2
Europa  Netherlands 1911 3 Barque 44.5 7.3
Gazela  United States 1901 3 Barquentine 42.7 7.9
Georg Stage (II)  Denmark 1935 3 Full-rigged ship 42 8.5
Gloria  Colombia 1968 3 Barque 67 10.7
Golden Quest  Tuvalu 1945 3 Barque 48 7.5
Gorch Fock (I)  Germany 1933 3 Barque 73.7 11.9
Gorch Fock (II)  Germany 1958 3 Barque 81.2 11.9
Greif  Germany 1950 2 Brigantine 7.4
Großherzogin Elizabeth  Germany 1908 3 Gaff Schooner 53 8.2
Guayas  Ecuador 1977 3 Barque 56.10 10.4
Iskra (II)  Poland 1982 3 Barquentine 40 7.9
Italia  Italy 1993 2 Brigantine 53.7 9.16
Jadran  Montenegro 1933 3 Topsail Schooner 8.9
James Craig  Australia 1874 3 Barque 54.8 9.5
Jessica  Australia 1983 3 Topsail Schooner 6.7
Juan Sebastián Elcano  Spain 1927 4 Topsail Schooner 94.13 13.1
Juan Bautista Cambiaso  Dominican Republic 2009 3 Barquentine 54.60 8.5
Kaiwo Maru II  Japan 1989 4 Barque 89.0 13.8
Kaliakra  Bulgaria 1984 3 Barquentine 43.2 7.9
Khersones  Ukraine 1989 3 Full-rigged ship 94.8 14.0
Kruzenshtern  Russia 1926 4 Barque 95 14.0
Leeuwin II  Australia 1986 3 Barquentine 41.2 9.0
Libertad  Argentina 1960 3 Full-rigged ship 91.7 13.7
La Grace  Czech Republic 2010 2 Brig 32.8 6.06
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom 1985 3 Barque 40.2 8.5
Mercator  Belgium 1932 3 Barquentine 68 11.9
Meridian  Lithuania 1948 3 Barquentine 8.9
Mir  Russia 1987 3 Full-rigged ship 94.8 14.0
Mircea  Romania 1938 3 Barque 73.7 12.5
Morgenster  Netherlands 1919 2 Brig 38.0 6.0
U.S. Brig Niagara  United States 1988 2 Brig 37.5 9.8
Nippon Maru  Japan 1984 4 Barque 89.0 13.8
Oosterschelde  Netherlands 1918 3 Topsail Schooner 40.12 7.5
Palinuro  Italy 1934 3 Barquentine 58.7 10.1
Pallada  Russia 1989 3 Full-rigged ship 94.2 14.0
Peacemaker  United States 1989 3 Barquentine 38 10.4
Picton Castle  Canada 1928 3 Barque 45.2 7.3
Pogoria  Poland 1980 3 Barquentine 40.9 7.9
Rah Naward  Pakistan 2001 2 Brig 40.6 9.9
Roald Amundsen  Germany 1952 2 Brig 40.8 7.2
Royal Albatross  Malaysia 2001 4 Barquentine 47.0 7.6
Royal Clipper  Sweden 2000 5 Full-rigged ship 134.8 16.5
Sagres  Portugal 1937 3 Barque 81.3 11.9
Santa Maria Manuela  Portugal 1937 4 Schooner 62.4 9.9
Sedov  Russia 1921 4 Barque 108.7 14.6
Shabab Oman  Oman 1971 3 Barquentine 43.9 8.5
Simón Bolívar  Venezuela 1979 3 Barque 70.0 10.4
Sørlandet  Norway 1927 3 Full-rigged ship 56.7 9.6
Spirit of New Zealand  New Zealand 1986 3 Barquentine 33.2 9.0
Stad Amsterdam  Netherlands 2000 3 Full-rigged ship 62.4 10.5
Statsraad Lehmkuhl  Norway 1914 3 Barque 84.6 12.6
Star of India  United States 1863 3 Barque 62.5 10.7
Stavros S Niarchos  United Kingdom 2000 2 Brig 40.6 9.9
Sudarshini  India 2011 3 Barque 54.0 8.5
Surprise (ex Rose)  United States 1970 3 Full-rigged ship 54.6 9.8
Tarangini  India 1997 3 Barque 54.0 8.5
Thor Heyerdahl  Germany 1930 3 Topsail Schooner 42.5 6.5
Unicorn  United Kingdom 1948 2 Brig 7.3
Unión  Peru 2014 4 Barque 99.0 13.5
Varuna  India 1981 3 Barque 54.0 8.5
Young America  United States 1975 2 Brigantine 7.2
Young Endeavour  Australia 1986 2 Brigantine 35 7.8
Historical
Name Last nationality Original
delivery		 Mast Rig End
Alexander von Humboldt  Germany 1906 3 Barque Sold 2011/ relocated to Caribbean, 2013 returned to Germany; currently docked
Bounty  United States 1960 3 Full-rigged ship Sank 2012
Concordia  Canada 1992 3 Barquentine Sank 2010
Dunay  Soviet Union 1928 3 Full-rigged ship Burned 1963
Prince William  United Kingdom 2001 2 Brig Sold (2010); now a sail training ship of the Pakistan Navy with the name Rah Naward
Sagres  Portugal 1896 3 Barque Replaced by the third Sagres in 1961. Sold (1983); now permanently moored in Hamburg, Germany with the name Rickmer Rickmers
Sarmiento  Argentina 1897 3 Full-rigged ship Museum ship, moored in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Uruguay  Argentina 1874 3 Barque Museum ship, moored in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Class B

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Traditionally rigged vessels (i.e. gaff rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres, one good example is Spirit of Bermuda.

Class C

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Modern rigged vessels (i.e. Bermudan rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres not carrying spinnaker-like sails.

Class C Tall Ships
Current
name		 Current nationality Original
delivery		 Mast Rig Length excluding
bowsprit [m]		 Beam [m]
Caroly  Italy 1948 2 yawl 23.66 4.8
Capricia  Italy 1963 2 yawl 22.56 5.03
Stella Polare  Italy 1965 2 yawl 21.47 4.89
Corsaro II  Italy 1961 2 yawl 20.9 4.7

Class D

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Modern rigged vessels (i.e. Bermudan-rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres carrying spinnaker-like sails. There are also a variety of other rules and regulations for the crew, such as ages, and also for a rating rule. There are other sail festivals and races with their own standards, the STI is just one set of standards for their purposes.

Earlier description of classes

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An older definition of class "A" by the STI was "all square-rigged vessels over 120′ (36.6 m) length overall (LOA). Fore and aft rigged vessels of 160′ (48.8 m) (LOA) and over". By LOA they meant length excluding bowsprit and aft spar.[6]

Class "B" was "all fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 and 160 feet in length, and all square rigged vessels under 120′ (36.6 m) (LOA)".

See also a list of class "A" ships with lengths including bowsprit.[7]

Lost tall ships

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Tall ships are sometimes lost, such as by a storm at sea. Some examples of lost tall ships include:

  • Asgard II, an Irish national sail training ship, commissioned in 1982, was lost in 2008 off the French coast. The two-masted brigantine is thought to have collided with a submerged object.
  • Astrid ran aground in 2013 off Ireland, and then broke up in 2014 after being salvaged
  • Bounty, a full-rig ship lost off the North Carolina coast as Hurricane Sandy approached in 2012.
  • Concordia, a triple-mast barquentine built in 1992 and operated by Canada as a school ship; lost at sea in 2010, in a squall.
  • Endeavour II, built in 1968; wrecked in a 1971 gale off New Zealand
  • Fantome, a former yacht built in 1927, then operated as a cruise ship. Was lost in Hurricane Mitch in 1998.[8]
  • Lennie, built in 1871, ran aground on Digby Neck in 1889.[9][10]
  • Marques, built in 1917; was lost in a 1984 Tall Ships Race.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Conrad, Joseph (2019-11-20). Selected works of Joseph Conrad. Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing.
  2. ^ Conrad, Joseph (1906). The Mirror of the Sea. Harper & Brothers. p. 56. ISBN 9781774415207.
  3. ^ Thoreau, Henry David. "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Definition of a tall ship". Sail On Board. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  5. ^ STI Measurement form. Archived 2013-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "National Institute for Sea Training (NIST)". kohkun.go.jp. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  7. ^ "National Institute for Sea Training (NIST)". kohkun.go.jp. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  8. ^ Corzo, Cynthia; Morgan, Curtis; Herald, John Barry (8 November 1998). "The loss of the Windjammer Schooner, Fantome". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2018 – via FortOgden.
  9. ^ "Lennie - 1889". Marine Heritage Database. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25.
  10. ^ Lennie (+1889) Wrecksite

Further reading

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  • American Sail Training Association; Sail Tall Ships! (American Sail Training Association; 16th edition, 2005 ISBN 0-9636483-9-X)
  • Thad Koza; Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century (Tide-Mark Press; 3rd edition, 2002; ISBN 1-55949-739-4)
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