Royal Helena

Royal Helena at port of Nesebar, Bulgaria (June 2010)
History
Bulgaria
Name: Royal Helena
Owner: Top Sail Ltd. (www.topsail.bg)
Port of registry: Bulgaria Varna, Bulgaria
Builder: MTG-Dolphin PLC, Varna/Bulgaria
Launched: 29 August 2009
Identification:
General characteristics
Length: 54 m (177 ft 2 in)
Beam: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Sail plan: Barquentine

Royal Helena is a Bulgarian barquentine which was launched in 2009.

History

Royal Helena was launched on 29 August 2009. She is due to sail to St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles in 2010 to participate in the St Maarten - St Martin Classic Yacht Regatta.[1] In Summer season 2010 she is located in the Port of Varna, Bulgaria to make charter-trips at the Black Sea.

Description

Royal Helena is a barquentine.[2] She is 54 metres (177 ft 2 in) long with a beam of 8 metres (26 ft 3 in). Her callsign is LZKZ and she is identified by the MMSI number 207369000.[3]

Accidents

On June 20th 2017, she hit another vessel, the Victoria, while entering the port of Oudeschild, Netherlands. There were no reports of injured people.[4][5]

References

  1. "New Tall Ship launched in Bulgaria". Caribbean Sail Training Association. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  2. "photo of the "Royal Helena" by Chas3r". Vessel tracker. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  3. "Royal Helena". Vessel tracker. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  4. "VIDEO: Tallships crashen in haven Oudeschild". ClubRacer. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  5. ClubRacer (2017-06-22), Tallships crash in haven Oudeschild op Texel, retrieved 2017-08-01


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