Star Flyer

Career
Name:	Star Flyer
Owner:	Star Clippers Ltd
Operator:	Star Clippers Ltd
Port of registry:	1991–2010: Antwerp sailing flag:  Luxembourg Since 2010: Valletta sailing flag:  Malta
Ordered:	18 August 1989
Builder:	Scheepswerven van Langerbrugge (Belgium)
Yard number:	2183
Laid down:	27 April 1990
Completed:	1 May 1991
Identification:	Call sign: 9HA2512 IMO number: 8915433 MMSI number: 248785000
Status:	In service
Notes:	[1]
General characteristics
Type:	Barquentine, cruise ship
Tonnage:	2,298 GT 838 NT
Length:	111.57 m (366 ft 1 in)
Beam:	15.14 m (49 ft 8 in)
Draught:	5.501 m (18 ft 0.6 in)
Propulsion:	16 sails Caterpillar 3512
Capacity:	170 passengers 300 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Notes:	[1]

Star Flyer seen in Ystad, Sweden on 12 August 2013.

Star Flyer also seen in Ystad, Sweden on 12 August 2013.

Star Flyer is a four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship, and operated by Star Clippers Ltd of Sweden. A luxury vessel, Star Flyer is a sister ship to Star Clipper. Both sailed under the Luxembourg flag until 2010, and now sail under the Maltese flag.

See also

• Royal Clipper
• List of cruise ships
• List of large sailing vessels

References

External links

Media related to Star Flyer at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Star Clippers, the operator of the ship
• "Clippers in the Andaman" – review of Star Flyer and Star Clipper by Glenn A. Baker in Cruise Passenger
• "Cruise the Jurassic coast" – review in The Australian of a cruise in Costa Rica on the Star Flyer
• "From Russia with love: The romance of a honeymoon cruise in Northern Europe" – review in the Daily Mail of a cruise on the Star Flyer
• Star Flyer at Shipspotting.com