Star Clipper
This article is about the Maltese-registered sailing ship. For the Norwegian bulk carrier, see MS Star Clipper. For the space shuttle, see Lockheed Star Clipper.
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Star Clipper |
| Owner: | Star Clippers Ltd |
| Operator: | Star Clippers Ltd |
| Port of registry: |
1992—2010: LuxembourgSince 2010:  Valletta, Malta |
| Builder: | Scheepswerven van Langerbrugge (Belgium) |
| Yard number: | 2184 |
| Laid down: | 20 April 1990 |
| Completed: | 1 April 1992 |
| Identification: |
Call sign: 9HA2513
|
| Status: | In service |
| Notes: | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Barquentine, cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 111.57 m (366 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 15.14 m (49 ft 8 in) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 16 sails
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| Capacity: | 170 passengers
|
| Notes: | [1] |
The Star Clipper is a four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship, and operated by Star Clippers Ltd of Sweden. It is the first clipper ship in this class since 1912. It is classed by Lloyds 100A1
A luxury vessel, she sails under the Maltese flag.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vessel Star Clipper". DNV Exchange Vessel Info website. Det Norske Veritas. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
External links
Media related to Star Clipper at Wikimedia Commons
- 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