Stavros S Niarchos (ship)
Stavros S Niarchos under full sail off the Isle of Wight October 2003
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| Owner: | Tall Ships Youth Trust |
| Builder: | Appledore Shipyard |
| Completed: | January 2000 |
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| Tonnage: | 493 GT 198 NT |
| Displacement: | 635 tons |
| Length: | 59.4 m (195 ft) (LOA) 40.6 m (133 ft) (LWL) |
| Beam: | 9.9 m (32 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Installed power: | 2 × MTU 330 kW (440 hp) |
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| Range: | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
| Complement: | 67 (6 salaried, 11 volunteers, 48 trainees, 2 supernumeraries) |
Stavros S Niarchos is a British brig-rigged tall ship owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT). She is primarily designed to provide young people with the opportunity to undertake voyages as character-building exercises, rather than pure sail-training. She is also used for adult voyages and holidays, which help subsidise the operation of the ship.
In the late 1990s the two schooners (Malcolm Miller and Sir Winston Churchill) then owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (then called the Sail Training Association (STA)) were showing their age and becoming increasingly expensive to maintain. The hulls for the two new brigs (Stavros S Niarchos and her sister ship, Prince William) were obtained half-completed from another project in Germany. These were transported to Appledore Ship Yards in Devon, where they were modified to the TSYT's requirements, and fitted out. She was completed in January 2000. The rig was designed by Michael Willoughby, who wrote a few comments on the overall design of the brigs.
Following completion of sea trials she was handed over to the STA at Avonmouth Docks. She sailed for her maiden voyage, a training voyage for permanent and volunteer crew, on 13 February 2000. She arrived in Weymouth, UK three days later.
During that trip she encountered a south westerly gale as she came round Land's End. She achieved an indicated speed through the water of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) under lower tops'ls and fore topmast stays'l alone.
In January 2006 Stavros S Niarchos rescued the two women crew from a vessel taking part in the 2005 Atlantic Rowing race. The rescue was made in heavy weather, with the assistance of a USCG Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. In late 2006 TSYT Captain Darren Naggs was awarded the Thomas Gray Silver Medal of the Marine Society, for exemplary seamanship during the rescue.
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