Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Leeuwin II"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Leeuwin II
Registered port:Fremantle
Nation:AUSTRALIA
Type of rigging:BARKENTINE
Year built:1986
Yard:Australian Shipbuilding Industries, WA
Overall length:55.00 m
Length (hull):41.50 m
Breadth:9.00 m
Draught:3.40 m
Sail area:810 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:460 PS
Engine:GM Detroit

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Oct 1998

  • Australia's biggest sailing training ship was built as a sister ship for the "Spirit of New Zealand" and intended for young people on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Australia
  • the ship was called after a Dutch galleon which which was the first to sail around Cape Leeuwin, the southwestern cape of Australia, in 1622.
  • mostly offers 10 day trips for young people
  • transfer of seamanship knowledge and personality training. This is also available to groups and companies.
  • has mainly sailed in home waters. participated in the Sydney Hobart Tall Ships Race in 1988, and in in the Regatta from Freemantle to Bali (1990)
  • her hull was built keel upwards and launched in this position. It was then righted up in the water and slipped again so that the ship could be completed

Last tracked position of the ship:

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Last tracked position of the ship Leeuwin II

Contact:

Website (English, 12 Aug 2008):
http://www.sailleeuwin.com/
Leeuwin II: information about the ship, the operator and sailing on board, contact address, photographs, news, volunteer info and information about sponsorship

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: 34 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: 128 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: 140 Source with picture

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 166 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

"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: 110 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: 41 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data