Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Eagle"

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Eagle, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996 , 08/1996

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996,
08/1996

Eagle, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996 , 08/1996

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996,
08/1996

Eagle, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996 , 08/1996

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996,
08/1996

Eagle, Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/), Valparaiso , 06/2010

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Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/),
Valparaiso,
06/2010

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Eagle
Ex-names:Horst Wessel
Registered port:New London
Nation:USA
Type of rigging:BARK
Year built:1936
Yard:Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, GER
Overall length:89.70 m
Length (hull):80.70 m
Breadth:11.90 m
Draught:5.20 m
Sail area:2064 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:1000 PS
Engine:Caterpillar

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 22 Jun 2002

  • originally put into service as a training ship for the German Navy under the name "Horst Wessel" in Hamburg in 1936.
  • the "Sagres II" ex-"Albert Leo Schlageter" (1937) and the "Gorch Fock II" (1958) were built after the same lines, nearly identical but smaller are the "Mircea" (1938) and "Tovarishch" ex-"Gorch Fock" (1933).
  • converted to a cargo ship for transporting men and supplies throughout the Baltic Sea during the war, given to the US Coast Guard after the war 1946 as reparation and was taken to New London; used for military maritime training by the legendary Coast Guard (founded in 1790), renamed the "Eagle".
  • every year she undertakes a main voyage through European or Middle-American waters, and also sails short cruises in the western Atlantic.
  • took part in the parade of sail at the USA bicentennial celebrations in 1976 as well as the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America.
  • 1981-82 modernized and fitted with additional watertight bulkheads.
  • 1996 she visited the German shipyard "Blohm & Voss" in Hamburg where she was launched 60 years ago.
  • took part in the 1996 Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race from Rostock to St. Petersburg; flag-ship for the 2000 New York Sail.

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: 336 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: 16, 80 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: 74 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: 44, 94 Source with picture Source with history

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 186, 188 Source with picture
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 101 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data 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: 64 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: 378 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: 70,71,254 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: 141 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact