Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Italia"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Italia, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Italia, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2000 , 08/2000

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2000,
08/2000

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Italia
Ex-names:Swan fan Makkum
Registered port:Genoa
Nation:ITA
Type of rigging:BRIGANTINE
Year built:1993
Yard:Gdansk, PL
Overall length:61.00 m
Breadth:9.20 m
Draught:3.60 m
Sail area:1300 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:480 PS
Engine:Caterpillar Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 22 Apr 2007

  • one of the biggest brigantines ever to sail the seas.
  • copied from historical models but equipped with modern technology and designed with comfort in mind.
  • sails mainly in the Caribbean in winter and the Baltic Sea in summer.
  • participated several times in Hanse Sail Rostock and the parade formation during "Kieler Woche".
  • used by Italian Navy since the beginning of 2007 (sold), new name "Italia", registered in Genova, official owners are "Tender To Nave Italia", a cooperation between the Italian Navy and the Yachts Club Italia.

Contact:

Website (italiano, 26 Feb 2011):
http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Italia.aspx
Italia: website of the Italian navy with information about the ship

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: 245 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: 170 Source with picture Source with history

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 145 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

"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: 163 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 168 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 274 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: 183 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data