Mircea (ship)
Mircea is a three masted barque, built in 1938 in Hamburg by the Blohm & Voss shipyard as a training vessel for the Romanian Navy. Her design is based on the successful plans of the Gorch Fock; the last of a series of four sister ships. The ship is named after the Wallachian Domn, Mircea the Elder. After World War II she was temporarily taken over by the USSR, but later returned to Romania. In 1966, she was overhauled by Blohm & Voss.
 Mircea | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Mircea |
| Builder: | |
| Launched: | 1938 |
| Acquired: | 17 May 1938 |
| Refit: | 1966 & 2002 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Barque |
| Length: | 269.4 ft (82.1 m) |
| Beam: | 39.4 ft (12.0 m) |
| Height: | 137.8 ft (42.0 m) |
| Depth: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 809 kW (diesel) |
| Sail plan: | 3 masts, 23 sails |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew: | 210 |
Sister ships
- Gorch Fock I (1933, ex Tovarishch (1951 to 2003))
- USCGC Eagle (1936, ex Horst Wessel)
- NRP Sagres (1937, ex Albert Leo Schlageter)
- Herbert Norkus (begun 1939, unfinished)
- Gorch Fock II (1958)
Gallery
- Mircea at Toulon, Tall Ships' Races, 2007
- Mircea at Brest, 2008
- Mircea at Heraklion, 2016
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References
- "Großsegler: Mircea, Schwesterschiff der "Gorch Fock"" (in German). Europäisches Segel-informations. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
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