Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Iskra II"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Iskra II, Volker Gries, Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002 , 07/2002

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002,
07/2002

Iskra II, Volker Gries, Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002 , 07/2002

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002,
07/2002

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Iskra II
Registered port:Gdynia
Nation:POL
Type of rigging:BARKENTINE
Year built:1982
Yard:Stocznia Gdanska, Gdansk, PL
Overall length:49.00 m
Length (hull):40.00 m
Breadth:8.00 m
Draught:3.70 m
Sail area:955 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:310 PS
Engine:Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 31 Jan 2002

  • schoolship of the Gdynia Naval University.
  • A square stern is a characteristic feature of these in Poland designed and built ships. The plan for this class of vessels was drawn up by the famous Polish designer Zygmunt Choren. Similar hull construction have the Polish barkentine "Pogoria" (1980), the Bulgarian barkentine "Kaliakra" (1984) and the Polish "Oceania" (1985) with a 3-masted experimental rig.
  • a Bermudian sail is set on the mizzen mast.
  • often sailed the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race, i.e. from London to Hamburg in 1989 the Columbus Regatta in 1992, Gdansk-Mariehamn-Stockholm-Flensburg in 2000.
  • the date "27th November 1995, Cape Horn" is painted on the deckhouse.

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: 265 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 195, 198 Source with picture
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture 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: 93 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: 294 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 112 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: 178 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact