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Europa (barque)

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Europa 2007
History
Germany
NameSenator Brockes
NamesakeBarthold Heinrich Brockes (1680-1747)
BuilderH. C. Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg, Germany
Cost300,000 Reichsmark
Yard number409
Launched1911 There was an earlier ship named Europa. [1]
Out of service1977
FateSold, 1985
History
Netherlands
NameEuropa
OwnerRederij bark EUROPA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
OperatorRederij bark EUROPA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Port of registryThe Hague, The Netherlands
Christened1994
Acquired1985
In service1994
HomeportThe Hague
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
TypeThree-masted steel barque
Tonnage303 GT
Length39.8 m (131 ft)
Beam7.45 m (24.4 ft)
Height33 m (108 ft)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft)
Depth of hold4.6 m (15 ft)
Installed power2 × 365 HP Caterpillar 6-cyl. Diesel
PropulsionSail; auxiliary Diesel engine
Sail plan30 sails (incl. 6 studding sails; 1,250 m2 (13,500 sq ft) sail area
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
RangeWorldwide
Complement64
Notes[2]

Europa is a steel-hulled barque registered in the Netherlands. Originally she was a German lightship, named Senator Brockes and built in 1911 at the H.C. Stülcken & Sohn shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. Until 1977, she was in use by the German Federal Coast Guard as a lightship on the river Elbe. A Dutchman bought the vessel (or what was left of her) in 1985 and in 1994 she was fully restored as a barque, a three-mast rigged vessel, and retrofitted for special-purpose sail-training.

Europa cruises worldwide and accepts paying voyage crew (trainees) for short or long trip segments, including ocean crossings, Sail Training Association races, and annual voyages to Antarctica, and between South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha, and Cape Town.

In 2002 and 2013 she rounded Cape Horn. In 2010 she participated in Velas Sudamerica 2010, an historical Latin American tour by eleven tall ships to celebrate the bicentennial of the first national governments of Argentina and Chile.[3]

In 2013-2014 Europa circumnavigated the world together with two other Dutch tall ships, Tecla and Oosterschelde. They sailed from South Africa to Mauritius, Australia and New Zealand. In October 2013 Europa participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney. From New Zealand, the ship sailed an official Cape Horn rounding (October - December 2013). In June 2014 Europa completed her circumnavigation by arriving in Amsterdam.

On 20 May 2023, Europa fell over during an attempt to transfer the steel-hulled barque back into the water from drydock at a Cape Town ship repair facility. One crewmember was injured in the attempt.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Records of the Port of New York show that "Bark Europa" arrived there 24 October 1872 after embarking from Bremen, Germany, transferring immigrants from Germany to the United States.
  2. ^ "Europa". veristar. Bureau Veritas. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Velas Sudamerica 2010". Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.
  4. ^ Haun, Eric (24 May 2023). "Tall Ship Topples Over in Drydock". MarineLink. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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