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Class and Type: Full Rigged Ship
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When you see this beauty the class and type become clear. The Christian Radich was Norwegian and the builder was “Framnæs Mekaniske Værksted” constructed at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. This beauty was delivered June 17, 1937 to the owner Christian Radich Sail Training Foundation established by a grant from an officer with that name.
She is a full rigged three masted steel hull design. Her call-sign is LJLM and her home-port is Oslo, Norway.
The Christian Radich displaces 1050 tons and her overall length is 240 feet which includes the bowsprit. Her width is 32 feet and a draught of 15 feet. Her power consists of a Caterpillar 900 HK and 27 Sails, 1,360 square meters (14,600 sq ft). Under engine power she can make 10 knots and under full sail she can make 14 knots.
The ships Complement are 18 for the permanent crew and she can accommodate up to 88 passengers. The ship became well known with the international release of the widescreen movie Windjammer. She also sailed in the United States Bicentennial Celebration of 1976. She took part is sailing in the Operation Sail parade in New York Harbor on July 4, 1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration. The Christian Radich appeared as her-self in the 70s BBC TV series The Onedin Line as one of James Onedin’s ships.
The ship was built for training sailors of the Norwegian merchant Navy. As of 1999 she has worked the charter market also sailing with paying trainees on summer trips. She participates in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race and many of the large sail events of the European ports. Some of her accolades include winning on correct time in Class A and became the only Class A ship to cross the finish line.
Just recently she won the first race of the Tall Ships Race 2010 in Class A, from Antwerp to Skagen in Denmark, a distance of 489 miles just under 2 days with an impressive average speed of 10.2 knots, with the corrected time of 1 day 4 hours 29 minutes and 44 seconds, and won the overall race 2010, making this its 5th victory in the Tall ships Race.
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Cutty Sark
The finest in a clipper ship the Cutty Sark was built in 1869 and was to serve as a merchant vessel. The very last clipper to be built as a merchant vessel and was later used as a training vessel. It is still possible to see her today preserved and in dry dock in Greenwich, London. She is the last remaining original Clipper Ship preserved from the 1800s.
Cutty Sark the ships name has quite a story to go with such a beautiful sailing vessel. What a cutty sark of the day was suppose to be was a short chemise or undergarment. In the day there was also a fictional character Nannie Dee from a Robert Burns’ 1791 comic Tam O’ Shanter. The Nannie Dee Character became the Cutty Sark’s figurehead. In the comic she wore a cutty sark from childhood that was way too small. This sight of her dancing in the small undergarment caused Tam to cry out “Weel done, Cutty-Sark”.
The Cutty Sark designed by Hercules Linton in Dumbarton Scotland by the Scott & Linton Company. The ship was built for Captain John “Jock” “White Hat” Willis. The Company Scott & Linton was liquidated and the Cutty Sark was completed by William Denny and Brothers for John Willis and Son.
The beautiful clipper ships quickly lost out to the newer steamships of the day. It was found they could deliver goods more reliably, but not as quickly. The Cutty Sark was faster than steamships and was said to be the fastest ship of her size. She once sailed 360 nautical miles in 24 hours with an average speed of 15 knots per hour.
John Willis sold her to a Portuguese firm Ferreira. They renamed her Ferreira after the Company, the crew referred to her as Pequena Camisola meaning “little shirt” which was a translation of the Scots “cutty sark”. Dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope she was re-rigged in Cape Town as barquentine and renamed The Maria Do Amparo. Captain Wilfred Dowman bought her in 1922 and restored her to her original beauty. From then on she was used as a stationary training ship in Greenhithe, Kent. They built her a custom dry dock in Greenwich, London and moved her there in 1954 which she remains today.
The Cutty Sark has quite a colorful history and being such a beautiful sailing ship under full sail. She would make a wonderful addition to anyone’s collection. We have located a few of these beauty’s for your pleasure.
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