Star Clipper

Four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship
History
NameStar Clipper
OwnerStar Clippers Ltd
OperatorStar Clippers Ltd
Port of registry
  • 1992–2010: Luxembourg,  Luxembourg
  • 2010 onwards: Valletta,  Malta
BuilderScheepswerven van Langerbrugge (Belgium)
Yard number2184
Laid down20 April 1990
Completed1 April 1992
Identification
  • Call sign: 9HA2513
  • IMO number: 8915445
  • MMSI number: 248786000
  • DNV ID: 21131
StatusIn service
Notes[1]
General characteristics
TypeBarquentine, cruise ship
Tonnage
  • 2,298 GT
  • 838 NT
Length111.57 m (366 ft 1 in)
Beam15.14 m (49 ft 8 in)
Draught4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • 6 sails
  • Caterpillar 3512 DITA
Capacity
  • 170 passengers
  • 300 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Notes[1]

Star Clipper is a four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship, and operated by Star Clippers Ltd of Sweden. She is the first clipper ship in this class since 1912. She is classed by Lloyds 100A1

A luxury vessel, she sails under the Maltese flag.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Vessel Star Clipper (21131)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Star Clipper (ship, 1992).
  • Official website of Star Clippers, the operator of the ship
  • "In seventh heaven" – review in The Australian of a cruise on the Star Clipper
  • "Star Clipper" – review by Douglas Ward in The Daily Telegraph, London
  • "Under sail on the Star Clipper" – review by Betsa Marsh in the Miami Herald
  • Star Clipper at Shipspotting.com.
"Star Clipper", artistic impression by the Belgian artist Yasmina
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