Stad Amsterdam
Stad Amsterdam in 2009
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Stad Amsterdam |
Namesake | Amsterdam |
Operator | Randstad Holding |
Port of registry | Dutch |
Builder | Damen Shipyard |
Laid down | 1997 |
Launched | 2000 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | Clipper |
Displacement | 1.038 MT[1] |
Length | 76 m (250 ft) |
Beam | 10 m (34 ft) |
Draught | 4 m (15 ft) |
Installed power | 749 kW |
Propulsion | Sails and Caterpillar 1.014 HP engine |
Sail plan | 29 sails |
Speed | 17 knots max. under sail |
Range | Fully square rigged ship |
Capacity | 28-115 passengers (long / short sailing trips) |
Crew | 30[2] |
Line art of Stad Amsterdam
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The Stad Amsterdam (City of Amsterdam) is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Shipyard.
The ship was designed by Gerard Dijkstra who modelled her after the mid-19th century
She is rigged with double topsails on the fore and main mast and a single topsail on the
The Stad Amsterdam is used for training and as a charter-ship for guests. The crew is international and the official language on board is English. Her home port is Amsterdam.
In September 2009 Stad Amsterdam was refitted to accommodate a televised research expedition, tracing the
The Stad Amsterdam celebrated her 15th anniversary at the five-day SAIL Amsterdam 2015 tall ships festival in August 2015.[5] The occasion was commemorated with the publication of a book about the ship, with contributions from Eberhard van der Laan - then the Mayor of Amsterdam - and the co-founder of the ship, Frits Goldschmeding. The book was co-created by former quartermaster Bart Huijs, and the sculptor and photographer, Anthony Smith.[6]
Specifications
- Full-rigged tall ship
- Deck Length: 60.5 m
- Length overall: 76 m
- Beam: 10.5 m
- Air draught(height): 46.3 m
- Draught: 4.8 m
- Sail area: 2200 m² (29 sails)
- Crew: 32
- Water displacement: 1083 m³
- Tonnage: 723 BRT
- Engine: 749 kW (1014 hp)
- Speed under engine: 11 knots
- Speed under sail: 16.5 knots
- Passengers for daytrips: 120 max
- Passengers multi-day trips: 58 max
- Cabins for 2/4 persons: 13
- Cabins for 3/6 persons: 1
- Building cost: approximately €10 million
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Stad Amsterdam (aft) (Baltimore 2008)
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Stad Amsterdam (Kristiansand 2010)
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Stad Amsterdam (Amsterdam 2010)
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Start tallship races 2014 (Harlingen)
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Andi Manser, captain of Stad Amsterdam, Marseille October 2018
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Stad Amsterdam at South Street Seaport, New York City, April 2023
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Stad Amsterdam at South Street Seaport, New York City April 2023
See also
References
- ^ "The ship". Stad Amsterdam. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "Crew". Stad Amsterdam. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "Dutch Clipper 'Stad Amsterdam' traces voyage of Charles Darwin". The Netherlands official UK website. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "Beagle". VPRO. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
- ^ "SAIL Amsterdam 2015". Stad Amsterdam. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Stad Amsterdam book. A book about the Stad Amsterdam. Retrieved 25 August 2015.