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The STS Mir is a Russian
three-masted, full-rigged sailing ship, registered at St.
Petersburg, Russia (STS = Sail Training Ship). She is the second
largest of six sister ships (Dar Młodzieży, Druzhba, Pallada,
Khersones and Nadezhda). She was built on the Lenin Shipyard in
Gdańsk, Poland, in 1987 (Lech Wałęsa, leader of Solidarność
(Solidarity) and later president of Poland, participated in the
construction of this ship).
Ship’s measurements :
length : 109.2 m. beam : 13.9 m. draught : 6.3 m
the mainmast is 52 m high.sail area : 2,771 square metres. tonnage :
2,385 t
This huge ship was originally built as a cadet training ship,
numbering between 70 and 144 cadets. The total transport capacity is
however 199 people. Nowadays the Mir also offers commercial
sailing trips, daytrips or cruises from port to port, for a modest
sum, taking into account the unique experience of sailing along on
one of the tallest and fastest sailships in the world (the longest
sailship is the Sedov with 117.5 m).
She has successfully taken part in many races, such as the
Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race, winning various prizes. In the Grand
Regatta Columbus- 1992, celebrating the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Mir came out as the absolute
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Dar Młodzieży Polish sail training ship.
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The Khersones or Chersones (Ukrainian:
Херсонес) is a Ukrainian
three-mast tall ship, a full rigged ship. It was built in 1989 in
Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland, in a series of six sister ships (among
which also the Mir). The ship is named after the city of Khersones
on the North coast of the Black Sea. Today Khersones is a training
ship for the Kerch Marine Technological Institute. Like many Eastern
European training ships she also takes on board paying passengers.
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Druzhba
1986
Built of steel by the Gdansk Shipyard, Poland, as a training ship
for the Soviet Union. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged
ship and was equipped with an auxiliary engine. She carries royals
over single topgallant sails and double topsails. 1991
Sails under the Ukrainian flag since the dissolvment of the Soviet
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Pallada
Built of steel by the Gdansk Shipyard, Poland, as a training ship
for the Soviet Union. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged
ship and was equipped with an auxiliary engine. She carries royals
over single topgallant sails and double topsails. See Dar Mlodziezy for more information on this particular class
of ship.
1991
Sails under the Russian flag since the dissolvment of the Soviet
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