Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Sagres II"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Sagres II |
Ex-names: | Albert Leo Schlageter, Guanabara |
Registered port: | Lissabon |
Nation: | PO |
Type of rigging: | BARK |
Year built: | 1937 |
Yard: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, GER |
Overall length: | 89.50 m |
Length (hull): | 81.20 m |
Breadth: | 12.00 m |
Draught: | 5.50 m |
Sail area: | 1796 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 750 PS |
Engine: | MAN Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 24 Feb 2001
- launched as the "Albert Leo Schlageter" in 1937, she belongs to a series of sailing training ships ordered by the German Navy, the "Eagle" ex-"Horst Wessel" 1936 und the "Gorch Fock II" (1958) were built after the same drawings
- used for occasional training during World War II at the Baltic Sea, damaged by a mine
- taken by the USA as reparation for the war, passed on to Brazil in 1948, she sailed as the training ship "Guanabara" for the Brazilian navy until 1961
- taken over by the Portuguese Navy at the end of 1961, renamed the "Sagres II" (after a harbour town)
- participated the following events: Sail Amsterdam 1985, the 1986 Open Sail New York to mark the 500th anniversary of America's discovery and the Sails Bremerhaven 1990 and 1995
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: 272 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: 168 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Ollivier Puget
"Windjammer der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1999 ISBN: 3-89225-396-X
(franz. Originalausgabe: "Les Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1997)
Page: 135, 30 Source with picture Source with history
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: 47, 162 Source with picture Source with history
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 204, 207 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: 148 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: 303 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: 251 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact