Elissa (ship)
Elissa
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Elissa |
Operator | Galveston Historical Foundation |
Builder |
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Launched | 27 October 1877 |
Identification |
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Fate | Training ship |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 431 GRT 409 NRT |
Length | 141 ft (43 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) . |
Sail plan |
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Capacity | 430 tons cargo |
Elissa | |
Location | Galveston Historic Seaport, Galveston, Texas |
Coordinates | 29°18′34″N 94°47′37″W / 29.30944°N 94.79361°W |
Built | 1877 |
Architect | Alexander Hall & Sons |
Architectural style | Three-masted Barque |
Website | 1877 Tall Ship Elissa |
NRHP reference No. | 78002930[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 21, 1978 |
Designated NHL | December 14, 1990[2] |
The tall ship Elissa is a three-masted barque. She is based in Galveston, Texas, and is one of the oldest ships sailing today. Launched in 1877, she is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. The Texas Legislature designated Elissa the official tall ship of Texas in 2005.[3]
History
Elissa was built in
Elissa also sailed under Norwegian and Swedish flags. In Norway she was known as the Fjeld of Tønsberg and her
Elissa has an iron hull, and the pin rail and bright work is made of teak. Her masts are Douglas fir from Oregon, and her 19 sails were made in Maine. She has survived numerous modifications including installation of an engine, and the incremental removal of all her rigging and masts.[citation needed]
Elissa made her first voyage as a restored sailing ship in 1985, traveling to
In July 2011, the
Elissa remains one of the world's oldest sailing hulls still in operation.[9] The oldest is the coasting schooner Lewis R. French, launched in 1871 in Christmas Cove, Maine. She still sails as part of the windjammer fleet out of Camden, Maine.
Honors
- National Register of Historic Places - first object granted this status while outside United States territory
- National Historic Landmark
- Named state Tall Ship by act of legislature in 2005[10]
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Galveston County, Texas
Citations
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Elissa (Bark)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ISBN 9781625110664.
- ^ Delgado, James P (8 January 1990). "Elissa" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. Washington DC: National Park Service. p. 8 of 16. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Galveston Historical Foundation". Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- Victoria Advocate. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Elissa (1980)". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Rice, Harvey (11 July 2011). "Galveston's tall ship Elissa no longer seaworthy". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "Galveston Historical Foundation | #galvestonhistory".
- ^ "State symbols". Texas State Library. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
References
- Delgado, James P. (8 January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form / Elissa" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 30 August 2012. Accompanying six photos.