Maritime Museum of the Atlantic's Tall Ships Information

	Three Masted Tall Ships Step 2: What colour is the hull? White Black blue Click on the thumbnail images for information on each vessel including deck and rig details to confirm the identification of the photo. You can also check the different types of rig here to sort out ships from schooners and barques from barquentines.

White Hull	Cuauhtemoc	Eagle	Europa

	Gazela Philadelphia	Iskra	Mircea

	Picton Castle	Pogoria

Black Hull	Silva	Tenacious

Blue Hull	Caledonia


	Detailed Listing of Three Masted Tall Ships

*CUAUHTEMOC* Mexico Rig: Barque	Photos: Top: Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem: Bottom: At Halifax, July, 2004, Johnathon Parrill, MMA Home Port: Acapulco Length: 270' overall Draft: 17' 1" Beam: 39' 4" Distinctive features to Look For: Bright green "boot topping" (the hull colour at the waterline). Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

*EAGLE* USA Rig: Barque	Photo by Learning Resources Technology Length: 295' overall, 231' waterline Mast Height: 147.3' Tonnage: 1816 displacement Built: 1936, Hamburg, Germany Home Port: New London, Connecticut Crew: 175 Distinctive features to Look For: diagonal red stripe with coast guard crest on white hull, gold eagle figurehead. Name Origin: US national symbol Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Eagle brochure Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

*EUROPA* Netherlands Rig: Barque	Photos: Top: Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem; Bottom: Europa in Halifax July 2004, MMA-Johnathon Parrill Home Port The Hague Length: 133' overall Mast Height: 109' Built: 1911, Hamburg as lightship Elbe 4. Distinctive features: white hull, short poop & forecastle,large wooden cabin amidships, well defined rubrails, traditional style figurehead ofgoddess Europa. Flies flag of European Union at mainmast: Name Origin: mythical namesake of continent, father of Jupiter's children. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 http://www.barkeuropa.com/english/english.htm Tall Ships 2004, Thad Koza, p. 72. Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

*GAZELA PHILADELPHIA* USA Rig: Barquentine	Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem Home Port: Philadelphia Length: 150' overall Mast Height: 100' Built: 1883 Distinctive features: white hull. Small wheelhouse at very stern. Beautiful lines. Simple traditional deck. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

*ISKRA* Poland Rig: Barquentine	Photos: Right: Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem; Left: Halifax July 2004, Johnathon Parrill, MMA Home Port: Gdynia Sparred Length: 161' Designed by: Zygmunt Choren Distinctive features to Look For: Very similar to Pogoria but with thinner red stripe along hull. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

*MIRCEA* Romania Rig: Barque	Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem Home Port: Constanza Sparred Length: 269' Built:Hamburg, 1938 Distinctive features to Look For:Forecastle deck is yellow. Masts are a bright lemon yellow. Large male figurehead with crown and moustache. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

*PICTON CASTLE* Cook Islands Rig: Barque	Home Port: Lunenburg Sparred Length: 176' Mast Height: 100' Built: 1928 as trawler, Selby, England Distinctive features to Look For: No figurehead, Yellow wheelhouse with attached smokestack, long open poop deck. Photos: Left: Halifax July 2004, Johnathon Parrill, MMA; Right:Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004

*POGORIA* Poland Rig: Barquentine	Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem Home Port: Gdynia Length:154' overall Mast Height: 104' Built: 1980, Gdansk, Poland Designed by: Zygmunt Choren Distinctive features to Look For: Very similar to Iskra but with broad blue stripe and X shaped symbols on each foresail. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

*CALEDONIA* Canada Rig: Barquentine	Home Port: Halifax Sparred Length: 245' Mast Height: 132' Built: 1947 as trawler Cape Harrison Distinctive features to Look For: Large white wheelhouse at stern. Long row of portholes just below deck level. Yellow square stern windows. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/ Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem

*SILVA* Canada Rig: Tern Schooner	Home Port: Halifax Sparred Length: 130' Mast Height: 75' Built: 1939, Sweeden Distinctive features to Look For: Only three masted schooner in parade of sail. Short masts, all equal height. Very high black hull. High poop deck. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/ photo by Thad Koza

*TENACIOUS* United Kingdom Rig: Barque	Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem Home Port: Southampton Sparred Length: 213' 3" Mast Height: 129' 9" Built: 1996-2000 Distinctive features to Look For: Platforms with railings on masts for disabled people, large deckhouse aft. Sources: For more info, see Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004 Flag Image: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/

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