List of the longest sailing ships in the world

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The list of the largest sailing ships contains around 30 current and previous sailing ships from around 100 meters in length in the order of the ship's measurement in register bins . The largest deep-water sailor ever built - after removing the engines in 1919 as a pure sailing ship - was the France II (1911–1922). Five masters were launched next to her seven more times, including the Prussia, the longest sailing ship ever built. Of these, only the youngest ship on the list, the Royal Clipper from 2000 , sails today .

Large six-masters were built only twice in history, both in the United States and the 1902 Thomas W. Lawson , which remained the only mainsail ship ever built with seven masts. Also unmatched is the Great Republic , also from the US , the oldest ship on the list, by far the largest when launched and the largest four-masted ship to date. After her move in December 1853, she was badly damaged by fire when she was being loaded on her maiden voyage, reduced to the top deck when it was rebuilt, and was started up in 1855 with smaller dimensions. After removing the mizzen mast, she sailed as a three-masted full ship from 1861 and became the largest three-masted ship to this day.

Of the fourteen four-masted ships listed here, eight still sail the oceans today.

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The basic sorting according to the ship size can be changed according to other classifying data, for example according to the displacement , sail area , rigging , width or length overall (Lüa) including jib boom. Sailing ship lengths in the literature mostly refer to the "length on deck" (LaD) or the hull length.

The indication Auxiliarsegler in brackets if the auxiliary drive was not permanently available, but off later or was installed.

Windjammers still moving today are highlighted in yellow in the table. In addition, the Viking still exists as a stationary museum ship.

Ship name Length ü. a. (m) Width (m) Displacement (t) measurement Sail area (m²) Period Rigging
France II 146.50 16.90 10,710 5,633 GRT 6,350 1911-1922 5-masted barque ( auxiliary sailor )
RC Rickmers 146 16.3 10,500 5,548 GRT 6,045 1906-1917 5-masted barque auxiliary sailor (steam)
Thomas W. Lawson 140.10 15.25 10,860 5,218 GRT 4,330 1902-1908 7-mast gaff schooner (steel)
Prussia 147 16.34 11,150 5,081 GRT 6,806 1902-1910 5-mast full ship
SY A ex White Pearl 142.81 24.88 12,700 11,997 GT 3,747 2014– 3-mast schooner Aux.
Royal Clipper 132.2 16 8,000 (approx.) 4,425 GT 5,000 2000– 5-mast full ship Aux.
Great Republic 121 16.2 5,400 4,555 (3,356) * GRT 6,500 (5,400) * 1853-1872 4-masted wooden barque ( clipper )
Potosi 133 15th 8,580 4,026 GRT 5,250 1895-1925 5 mast barque
København 131.9 15th 7,900 3,901 GRT 4,644 1921-1928 5 mast bark aux.
Sea Cloud II 105.9 16 1,154 3,849 GT 3,000 1999– 3-mast barque (Aux.)
Maria Rickmers 135 14.6 8,900 3,822 GRT 5,300 1891-1892 5-masted barque auxiliary sailor (steam)
France I 133 14.8 7,800 3,784 GRT 4,550 1890-1901 5 mast barque
Wyoming 137 15th 8,000 3,731 GRT 3,700 1909-1924 6-mast gaff schooner (wood)
Sedov 117.5 14.6 6,148 3,432 GT 4,192 1921– 4-mast barque aux.
Amerigo Vespucci 100.6 15.56 4.146 3,545 GRT 2,580 1931– 3-mast full ship Aux.
Roanoke 114.5 14.9 4,800 3,539 GRT 5,000 1892-1905 4-masted wooden barque
Eleanor A. Percy 111.2 15.24 3,401 GRT 1900-1919 6-masted gaff schooner
Kruzenshtern 114.5 14.4 6,400 3,141 GT 3,900 1926– 4-mast barque (Aux.)
Priwall 115.6 14.37 6,668 3,105 GRT 4.106 1917-1945 4 mast barque
Pamir 114.5 14th 6,350 3,020 GRT 3,800 1905-1957 4-mast barque (Aux.)
Baron of Renfrew 110.8 18.59 5,294 GRT 1825 4-pole disposable - freighter
Viking 108 13.9 1,390 2,959 GRT 3,690 1906-1939 4 mast barque
Peter Rickmers 118.66 13.56 7,000 2,926 GRT 4,104 1889-1908 4-mast full ship
Sea cloud 109.7 14.9 3,430 2,523 GT 3,160 1931– 4-mast barque aux.
Juan Sebastian de Elcano 113 13 3,670 2,478 GT 3,153 1927– 4-pole Mars topsail schooner Aux.
Esmeralda 113 13 3,673 2,400 2,935 1952– 4-mast schooner bark Aux.
Union 115.7 13.5 3,200 4,324 2016– 4-mast barque aux.
Me 109.6 13.8 2,257 GT 2,771 1987– 3-mast full ship Aux.
Dar Młodzieży 108.8 13.94 2,946 2,255 GT 3,015 (2,936) 1982– 3-mast full ship Aux.
Nadezha 109 13.8 2,257 GT 2,771 1991– 3-mast full ship Aux.
Pallada 108.6 13.8 2,257 GT 2,771 1989– 3-mast full ship Aux.
Druzba 108.6 13.8 2,257 GT 2,771 1987– 3-mast full ship Aux.
Star clipper 115.5 15th 2,298 GT 3,365 1991– 4-mast schooner bark Aux.
Star Flyer 115.5 15th 2,298 GT 3,365 1991– 4-mast schooner bark Aux.
Khersones 108.6 14th 2,284 GT 2,771 1989– 3-mast full ship Aux.
Statsraad Lehmkuhl 98 12.6 1,516 GT 2,026 1914– 3-mast barque aux.

Remarks:

* For the entry of the Great Republic , the state after the launch is decisive, while the dimensions after its reconstruction in 1855 are given in brackets.

Picture gallery

  • France II   in the roadstead in Bordeaux 1912

  • Thomas W. Lawson    in Quincy, Mass., 1902

  • Prussia   under full equipment from New York Harbor, 1908

  • Sail training ship Sedov   in Wilhelmshaven 2006

  • Four-masted barque Viking in the port of Gothenburg

See also

literature

  • Jochen Brennecke: Windjammer. The great report on the development, travels and fate of the "Queens of the Seven Seas" . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hernord, 3rd edition 1984; Cape. XXII - The largest of the sailing ships in the world; ISBN 3-7822-0009-8
  • Hans-Jörg Furrer: The four- and five-masted square sailors in the world . Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Herford 1984; ISBN 3-7822-0341-0
  • Thomas S. Hall: The TW Lawson - The Fate of the World's Only Seven-Masted Schooner . The History Press, Charleston ( SC ) 2006; ISBN 1-59629-208-3
  • Horst Hamecher: five-masted full ship »PREUSSEN«, Queen of the Sea. The life path of a deep water sailor . Hamecher self-published, Kassel 1993; ISBN 3-920307-46-1

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