Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Mircea"

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Mircea, Thomas Albert, Sail Bremerhaven 2005 , 08/2005

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Thomas Albert,
Sail Bremerhaven 2005,
08/2005

Mircea, Heinz Janssen, Sail Bremerhaven 2005 , 08/2005

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Heinz Janssen,
Sail Bremerhaven 2005,
08/2005

Mircea, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2008 , 08/2008

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2008,
08/2008

Mircea, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2008 , 08/2008

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2008,
08/2008

Mircea, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2008 , 08/2008

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2008,
08/2008

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Mircea
Registered port:Constanza
Nation:ROM
Type of rigging:BARK
Year built:1938
Yard:Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, GER
Overall length:82.10 m
Length (hull):73.70 m
Breadth:12.00 m
Draught:5.20 m
Sail area:1750 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:1100 PS
Engine:MAK Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 18 Nov 2005

  • built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg as a Romanian sailtraining ship using the plans of the "Gorch Fock" (1933), delivered in January, 1939.
  • her registered port became Constanza (Black Sea), maiden voyage. in the Mediterranean, used to train naval cadet officers and merchant cadets.
  • short coastal trips with naval cadets during the WW II, she came under Russian flag but was given back then.
  • further trips in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean between 1946-65.
  • 1965-66 general overhaul in Hamburg to save her class.
  • used to train cadet officers and merchant cadets then no longer exclusively in the Black Sea and Mediterranean, visited other parts of Europe, Africa and North America.
  • participation in the Tall Ships Race in London and Amsterdam in 1975 as well as the US Bicentennial Tall Ships Race across the Atlantic in 1976.
  • laid up during the end of the 1990s due to economic reasons.
  • after a general overhaul she visited American-Canadian ports on the Atlantic coast in 2004, participated the Tall Ship Challenge 2004 calling the ports of Charleston, Baltimore, Providence, New London, Halifax, Arichat, Sydney.
  • participated the Tall Ships Races 2005 visiting Amsterdam and Bremerhaven festivals.
  • she is named for a Romanian prince Mircea Staria (1383-1418) who liberated his state from Turkish power and so established Romanian sea trading for a while.

Last tracked position of the ship:

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Last tracked position of the ship Mircea

Contact:

Website (Româna, 07 Jan 2011):
http://fmm.anmb.ro/
Mircea: website of the Facultatea de Marina Militara, summary of information, a photo

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 274 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 140 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Giancarlo Schiavoni
"Unter Segeln, die grossen Windjammer auf den Weltmeeren"
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1994 ISBN: 3-7822-0605-3
(ital. Originalausgabe: "La nave a vela")
Page: 53, 150 Source with picture Source with history

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 201 Source with picture
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 122 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 305 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 212 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact