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 Europa 2007 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Germany | |
| Name | Senator Brockes |
| Namesake | Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680-1747) |
| Builder | H. C. Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg, Germany |
| Cost | 300,000 Reichsmark |
| Yard number | 409 |
| Launched | 1911There was an earlier ship named Europa.[1] |
| Out of service | 1977 |
| Fate | Sold, 1985 |
| History | |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Europa |
| Owner | Rederij bark EUROPA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Operator | Rederij bark EUROPA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Port of registry | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Christened | 1994 |
| Acquired | 1985 |
| In service | 1994 |
| Homeport | The Hague |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Three-masted steelbarque |
| Tonnage | 303 GT |
| Length | 39.8 m (131 ft) |
| Beam | 7.45 m (24.4 ft) |
| Height | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
| Installed power | 2 × 365HPCaterpillar 6-cyl. Diesel |
| Propulsion | Sail; auxiliaryDiesel engine |
| Sail plan | 30 sails (incl. 6studding sails; 1,250 m2 (13,500 sq ft) sail area |
| Speed | 13knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range | Worldwide |
| Complement | 64 |
| Notes | [2] |
Europa is a steel-hulledbarque registered in the Netherlands. Originally she was a Germanlightship, namedSenator Brockes and built in 1911 at theH.C. Stülcken & Sohn shipyard inHamburg, Germany. Until 1977, she was in use by theGerman Federal Coast Guard as a lightship on the riverElbe. A Dutchman bought the vessel (or what was left of her) in 1985 and in 1994 she was fully restored as a barque, a three-mast rigged vessel, and retrofitted for special-purpose sail-training.
Europa cruises worldwide and accepts paying voyage crew (trainees) for short or long trip segments, including ocean crossings, Sail Training Association races, and annual voyages toAntarctica, and betweenSouth Georgia,Tristan da Cunha, andCape Town.
In 2002 and 2013 she roundedCape Horn. In 2010 she participated inVelas Sudamerica 2010, an historicalLatin American tour by eleven tall ships to celebrate thebicentennial of the first national governments of Argentina andChile.[3]
In 2013-2014Europa circumnavigated the world together with two other Dutch tall ships,Tecla andOosterschelde. They sailed from South Africa toMauritius,Australia andNew Zealand. In October 2013Europa participated in theInternational Fleet Review 2013 inSydney. From New Zealand, the ship sailed an official Cape Horn rounding (October - December 2013). In June 2014Europa completed her circumnavigation by arriving in Amsterdam.
On 20 May 2023, Europa fell over during an attempt to transfer the steel-hulled barque back into the water fromdrydock at aCape Town ship repair facility. One crewmember was injured in the attempt.[4]
