STAVROS S NIARCHOS tall ship
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:38 pm
Built as an auxiliary sailing cruise vessel, brigantine rigged under yard No 6442
Built as sailing cruise yacht under yard No 6442 by Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany for SS “Neptun Princess” Verwalting GmbH & Co. Segelbetriebs KG (Kooperation BV/NIR)
1996 Launched as NEPTUN ,PRINCESS one sister the NEPTUN BARONESS.
Due to financial difficulties with the owner, the two ships were not completed.
1997 The two hulls were bought by the British Sail Training Association, where after she were towed to British yard of Appledore Ship Building in Appledore were the two hulls were completed as auxiliary sail training ships. The NEPTUN PRINCESS was completed under yard no 178.
11 February 2000 commissioned as the STAVROS S NIARCHOS.
Tonnage 493 grt, 198 ton net, 102 dwt, dim. 59.4 x 9.90 x 5.80m, length bpp. 51.1m, draught 4.50m.
Powered by two auxiliary MTU diesel engines, 330 kW. each.
Brig rigged, sail area 1162 square metre.
Accommodation for 6 crew, 13 volunteers and 45 trainees.
September 2001 completed as the STAVROS S NIARCHOS with homeport London.
STAVROS S NIARCHOS is a British brig-rigged tall ship owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT). She is primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake voyages as character-building exercises, rather than pure sail-training. She is also used for adult voyages and holidays, which help subsidize the operation of the ship.
In the late 1990s the two schooners (MALCOLM MILLER and SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL) then owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (then called the Sail Training Association (STA)) were showing their age and becoming increasingly expensive to maintain. These two schooners are currently used as super yachts. The hulls for the two new brigs (STAVROS S NIARCHOS and her sister ship, PRINCE WILLIAM) were obtained half-completed from another project in Germany. These were transported to Appledore Ship Yards in Devon, where they were modified to the TSYT's requirements, and fitted out. She was completed in January 2000. The rig was designed by Michael Willoughby, who wrote a few comments on the overall design of the brigs.
Following completion of sea trials she was handed over to the STA at Avonmouth Docks. She sailed for her maiden voyage, a training voyage for permanent and volunteer crew, on 13 February 2000. She arrived in Weymouth, UK three days later.
During that trip she encountered a south westerly gale as she came round Land's End. She achieved an indicated speed through the water of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) under lower tops'ls and fore topmast stays'l alone.
STAVROS S NIARCHOS is a brig, which is a two masted vessel with square sails on both masts. Topgallant and Royal), and a total of 18 sails. In good conditions she has managed speeds of just over 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).
STAVROS S NIARCHOS (and her sister ship, PRINCE WILLIAM) normally sail with a crew of up to 67 people. The crew consists of 6 permanent salaried crew, 11 to 13 volunteer crew and up to 48 voyage crew. The voyage crewmembers, those paying to sail on the ship, are divided into three watches (Red, White and Blue) of 16. Each of these watches has a Watch Leader from the volunteer crew.
On youth voyages the two Youth Mentors (YMs) are responsible for the various entertainment activities and competitions as well helping with any problems young people aboard may have. They are usually professionally qualified teachers or youth workers.
The 2 or 3 deckhands act as assistants to the bosun and as such are mostly concerned with the cleaning and maintenance of the ship.
In November 2011, the Tall Ships Youth Trust announced plans to sell STAVROS S NIARCHOS its last remaining tall ship, to focus on smaller vessels. Much of this is due to the high cost of running a vessel of such size due to pilotage charges and mooring fees for a vessel over 400 tones. This has become a contentious issue with the trust and its supporters where some see this as the abandonment of the tall ships for yachts within the trust. For others this is a return to the days of SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL and MALCOLM MILLER which as smaller vessels didn't incur these charges and had better sailing and penetration and operation within UK sailing ports and waters. Although the schooners were smaller, they ran a much better programme and fulfilled the mandate of the former Sail Training Association, before it became TYTS.
The ship will continue in operation until a buyer is found, which the Trust expects to take several years based on their experience of selling PRINCE WILLIAM.
2013 In Service, IMO No 9222314
Jersey 2013 45p sg?, scott?
Mozambique 2015 66.00 Mt sg?, scott?
Source: Great Sailing Ships of the World by Otmar Schauffelen. Wikipedia.
Built as sailing cruise yacht under yard No 6442 by Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany for SS “Neptun Princess” Verwalting GmbH & Co. Segelbetriebs KG (Kooperation BV/NIR)
1996 Launched as NEPTUN ,PRINCESS one sister the NEPTUN BARONESS.
Due to financial difficulties with the owner, the two ships were not completed.
1997 The two hulls were bought by the British Sail Training Association, where after she were towed to British yard of Appledore Ship Building in Appledore were the two hulls were completed as auxiliary sail training ships. The NEPTUN PRINCESS was completed under yard no 178.
11 February 2000 commissioned as the STAVROS S NIARCHOS.
Tonnage 493 grt, 198 ton net, 102 dwt, dim. 59.4 x 9.90 x 5.80m, length bpp. 51.1m, draught 4.50m.
Powered by two auxiliary MTU diesel engines, 330 kW. each.
Brig rigged, sail area 1162 square metre.
Accommodation for 6 crew, 13 volunteers and 45 trainees.
September 2001 completed as the STAVROS S NIARCHOS with homeport London.
STAVROS S NIARCHOS is a British brig-rigged tall ship owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT). She is primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake voyages as character-building exercises, rather than pure sail-training. She is also used for adult voyages and holidays, which help subsidize the operation of the ship.
In the late 1990s the two schooners (MALCOLM MILLER and SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL) then owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (then called the Sail Training Association (STA)) were showing their age and becoming increasingly expensive to maintain. These two schooners are currently used as super yachts. The hulls for the two new brigs (STAVROS S NIARCHOS and her sister ship, PRINCE WILLIAM) were obtained half-completed from another project in Germany. These were transported to Appledore Ship Yards in Devon, where they were modified to the TSYT's requirements, and fitted out. She was completed in January 2000. The rig was designed by Michael Willoughby, who wrote a few comments on the overall design of the brigs.
Following completion of sea trials she was handed over to the STA at Avonmouth Docks. She sailed for her maiden voyage, a training voyage for permanent and volunteer crew, on 13 February 2000. She arrived in Weymouth, UK three days later.
During that trip she encountered a south westerly gale as she came round Land's End. She achieved an indicated speed through the water of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) under lower tops'ls and fore topmast stays'l alone.
STAVROS S NIARCHOS is a brig, which is a two masted vessel with square sails on both masts. Topgallant and Royal), and a total of 18 sails. In good conditions she has managed speeds of just over 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).
STAVROS S NIARCHOS (and her sister ship, PRINCE WILLIAM) normally sail with a crew of up to 67 people. The crew consists of 6 permanent salaried crew, 11 to 13 volunteer crew and up to 48 voyage crew. The voyage crewmembers, those paying to sail on the ship, are divided into three watches (Red, White and Blue) of 16. Each of these watches has a Watch Leader from the volunteer crew.
On youth voyages the two Youth Mentors (YMs) are responsible for the various entertainment activities and competitions as well helping with any problems young people aboard may have. They are usually professionally qualified teachers or youth workers.
The 2 or 3 deckhands act as assistants to the bosun and as such are mostly concerned with the cleaning and maintenance of the ship.
In November 2011, the Tall Ships Youth Trust announced plans to sell STAVROS S NIARCHOS its last remaining tall ship, to focus on smaller vessels. Much of this is due to the high cost of running a vessel of such size due to pilotage charges and mooring fees for a vessel over 400 tones. This has become a contentious issue with the trust and its supporters where some see this as the abandonment of the tall ships for yachts within the trust. For others this is a return to the days of SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL and MALCOLM MILLER which as smaller vessels didn't incur these charges and had better sailing and penetration and operation within UK sailing ports and waters. Although the schooners were smaller, they ran a much better programme and fulfilled the mandate of the former Sail Training Association, before it became TYTS.
The ship will continue in operation until a buyer is found, which the Trust expects to take several years based on their experience of selling PRINCE WILLIAM.
2013 In Service, IMO No 9222314
Jersey 2013 45p sg?, scott?
Mozambique 2015 66.00 Mt sg?, scott?
Source: Great Sailing Ships of the World by Otmar Schauffelen. Wikipedia.