Georg Stage
Georg Stage in a Norwegian fjord
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| Name: | Georg Stage |
| Builder: | Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok |
| Launched: | 1934 |
| Acquired: | 1934 |
| Commissioned: | 1934 |
| Homeport: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Status: | Training ship |
| Type: | Sailing ship |
| Displacement: | 213 long tons (216 t) |
| Length: | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.4 m (28 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Volvo Penta 368 kilowatts (493 hp) engine |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
Georg Stage is a name used by the independent foundation Georg Stages Minde that was established in 1882 by the shipowner Frederik Stage and his wife Thea. They recognized the need for better skills assessment and training of Denmark's sailors so the ship serves as a training-platform for sailors in Denmark. The ship memorialized their son, who died from tuberculosis in 1880, age 22.
The current Georg Stage is the second to be launched under that name. It was built during five months in 1934 at Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok and was launched in 1934. It is a Danish iron-hulled, fully rigged, three-masted sailing ship. Its first tour started on 24 April 1935. It has since been refitted several times, most recently with the installation of a Volvo Penta main propulsion engine on 368 kilowatts (493 hp) in 2007. Over a length of 54 m (177 ft), a width of 8.4 m (28 ft) and draft of 4.2 m (14 ft) the ship spawns 20 sails with a total area of 860 m2 (9,300 sq ft), with the tallest mast extending 31 m (102 ft) above deck height. The original figurehead that remains in use from the "old" Georg Stage built in 1882 and depicts its namesake.
The ship has one tour per year, starting in April and ending in September, and has done so except during World War II; the mine danger was thought too significant so the ship was moored in Isefjorden. Following the war and until 1950, the ship each year took on two tours to recoup the war years.
In 1956 the Georg Stage participated in its first regatta, the predecessor to The Tall Ships' Races. The Georg Stage has continued to compete against the largest of the sailing ships such as Kruzenshtern, STS Mir, STS Sedov, Alexander von Humboldt and Christian Radich.
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