Tall Ships at Sail250 Maryland

Sparred Length – 295ft
Draft – 17ft
Beam – 39ft
Rig Height – 147ft 4in

The United States Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE was built at the Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany originally named HORST WESSEL. Commissioned in 1936, she was taken as a war reparation after World War II, renamed, and commissioned as the training vessel of the United States Coast Guard Academy. Today, she trains cadets from the Academy and candidates from the USCG Officer Candidate School while representing the United States and the U.S. Coast Guard during goodwill voyages throughout the world.

Sparred Length – 340.4ft
Draft – 21.7ft
Beam – 46.9ft

ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel-hulled, full-rigged, class "A" sailing ship that serves as a school vessel in the Argentine Navy. One of the largest and fastest tall ships in the world, holder of several speed records, she was designed and built in the 1950s by the Río Santiago Shipyard, Ensenada, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1961, and she continues to be a training ship with yearly instruction trips for the graduating naval cadets as well as a traveling goodwill ambassador, having covered more than 800,000 nautical miles (1,500,000 km) across all seas, visited about 500 ports in more than 60 countries, and trained more than 11,000 navy graduates.

Sparred Length – 123ft
Draft – 12ft 2in
Beam – 24ft 3in

Mast Height - 106' 6"

Belle Poule is a French Navy Schooner in service as a training vessel, and the fourth ship of that name in the French Navy. She was built in 1932 as a replica of a cod fishing vessel used off Iceland, as a training ship of the students of the École Navale. During the Second World War, Belle Poule sailed to the United Kingdom after the fall of France and was used by the Free French Naval Forces, returning to Brest in 1945. The schooner as well as her sister ship Étoile are still used by the École Navale as training ships in European waters.

Sparred Length – 293ft
Draft – 15ft 6in
Beam – 39ft
Rig Height – 110ft 6in

The Gorch Fock is the training ship of the German Navy (Deutsche Marine). She was launched in 1958 and is the second ship of that name. The ship is sometimes referred to (unofficially) as the Gorch Fock II to distinguish her from her older "sister" ship, the first Gorch Fock, which was built in 1933. Both ships are named in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym “Gorch Fock” and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in 1916.

Sparred Length – 177ft
Draft – 15ft
Beam – 28ft
Rig Height – 113ft

INS SUDARSHINI is a sail training ship built by Goa Shipyard Ltd for the Indian Navy. “Sudarshini” means “beautiful lady Sundari” after the younger half-sister of Buddha.Sudarshini is a three-masted barque. It is 54 metres long and has 20 sails, 7.5 km of rope and 1.5 km of steel wire rope. Her sails have a total area of approximately 1,035 square metres (11,140 sq ft). Capable of operations under sail or power, and with a complement of 5 officers, 31 sailors with 30 cadets embarked for training, she can remain at sea for at least 20 days at a time.

Sudarshini‘s steel hull was laid on 25 January 2011 on the West Coast of India at the port town of Vasco da Gama, Goa. It was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 27 January 2012 by Vice Admiral K.N. Sushil, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. Built for worldwide operations, it will be used as a basic seamanship and character building platform.

Sparred Length – 364.8ft
Draft – 19.5ft
Beam – 32.8ft
Rig Height – 160.7ft

Launched in 2017, Bima Suci is the Indonesian Navy’s newest, and largest, sail training ship. The vessel is named after Javanese hero that was a symbol of force, bravery and righteousness.

This beautiful ship acts as a "floating ambassador" for Indonesia, paying courtesy visits to port and events around the world.

This spectacular vessel is one of the largest Tall Ships in the world and has 36,200 sq. ft. of sails, and a capacity for a crew of 200.

Sparred Length – 378ft 11in
Draft – 21ft 4in
Beam – 44ft 3in
Rig Height – 175ft 6in

BAP Unión (BEV-161) is the training ship of the Peruvian Navy built in 2012–2015 by Shipyard Marine Industrial Services of Peru. It is a four-masted, steel-hulled, class "A" barque. It has a total length (including bowsprit) of 115.50 m (378 ft 11 in); a beam of 13.50 m (44 ft 3 in); a draft of 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in); a mast height of 53.50 m (175 ft 6 in); a displacement of 3,200 tons; a speed of 12 kts (22 km/h) and a crew of 250 officers and trainees. The ship's name honors a Peruvian corvette that took part in the first stage of the 1879–1883 War of the Pacific as part of a naval squadron under the command of Miguel Grau, a hero of the Peruvian Navy. Like other similar ships, Unión has been conceived not only for training purposes, but also to be a sailing ambassador for its home country. Due to its features and dimensions, it has been considered (as of the date it was commissioned) the largest sail vessel in Latin America.

Sparred Length – 292ft
Draft – 17ft
Beam – 39ft
Rig Height – 138ft

NRP SAGRES has been the school ship of the Portuguese Navy since 1961. As the third ship with this name in the Portuguese Navy, she is sometimes referred to as Sagres III. The ship is a steel-built, three masted barque, with square sails on the fore and main masts and gaff rigging on the mizzen mast. Her main mast rises 42 m (138 ft) above the deck. She carries 22 sails totaling about 2,000 m² (22,000 sq ft) and can reach a top speed of 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) under sail. She has a sparred length of 89 m (292 ft), a width of 12 m (39 ft), a draught of 5.2 m (17 ft), and a displacement at full load of 1,755 long tons (1,966 short tons).

Sparred Length – 292ft
Draft – 17ft
Beam – 39ft
Rig Height – 138ft

NMS MIRCEA was built at the Blohm and Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany for the Romanian Navy in 1938. During World War II, the vessel was captured by the USSR and kept as a war reparation, before being returned to Romania in 1946. MIRCEA is a barque – three masts, with square sails on the fore and main masts and fore and aft sails on the mizzen (aft most) mast. The barque sails as the official vessel of the Romanian Navy and has participated in numerous sail training festivals and races throughout the world, including the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial in New York harbor and more recent festivals across Europe. The MIRCEA is the sister ship of the USCG barque EAGLE, the SAGRES from Portugal, and the GORCH FOCK from Germany.

Sparred Length – 133ft
Draft – 13ft 9in.
Beam – 30ft

Lightship 116 (LS-116) Chesapeake, a ship considered to be among the most modern ships in use with the U.S. Lighthouse Service in its time, was completed in 1930. Chesapeake's main duties consisted of patrolling, inspecting, and guiding maritime traffic at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Since 1982, the ship has been part of Historic Ships collection and has continued to serve as an important link with the history of American aids to navigation.

Sparred Length – 199ft
Draft – 25ft
Beam – 43ft

USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. She was built in 1854 and is now preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a National Historic Landmark. Constellation's 100 years of service included roles as flagship of the US Mediterranean Squadron, Flagship of the US Africa Squadron, training ship at the United States Naval Academy and United States Naval War College. The ship was brought to Baltimore from Boston in the 1950's.

Length – 441ft 6in.
Draft – 27ft 9.25in.
Beam – 57ft

The S.S. John W. Brown is one of only two remaining operational Liberty ships from World War II, serving as a museum ship and educational resource in Baltimore, Maryland. The S.S. John W. Brown was launched on September 7, 1942, and played a crucial role during World War II as a merchant ship in the United States Merchant Marine. It was built at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore and was one of the many Liberty ships constructed to support the war effort by transporting troops and supplies across the Atlantic. The ship completed 13 voyages during the war, including missions to the Persian Gulf, carrying military equipment and supplies to Allied forces.

Sparred Length – 84.2ft

Length on Deck - 57ft
Draft – 7ft
Beam – 17ft

Mast Height - 64ft

Sail Area - 2,019 sq ft

Maryland Dove is Historic St. Mary's City's floating ambassador and one of its most popular exhibits. The wooden ship design is based on the original Dove, a 17th-century trading ship that sailed with the ship Ark in 1634 to establish the Maryland colony. Dove was owned by the colonial investors and described as a "pinnace of 40 tuns burthen." Dove was intended to serve the newly established colony's needs of communication, exploration, and trade. Dove served the colony for approximately 18 months and was presumably lost as sea on a return trip to England in August or September, 1635.

Photo credit: Jenn Dorsey

Length – 311ft 8in.
Draft – 17ft
Beam – 27ft 4in.

Commissioned for the United States Navy on December 16, 1944, the USS Torsk was the only submarine out of its Tench Class fleet of ten to see service during World War II. Over eighty sailors lived aboard Torsk at particular times. In these very crowded conditions, the only way to pass someone was to turn sideways. After numerous war patrols and duties as a training boat after the war, the Torsk arrived in Baltimore to serve as a museum and memorial in 1972. The U.S. Submarine Torsk is a highlight of the Historic Ships collection.