Russian Tall ship Aberdeen
The STS Sedov (Russian: Седов) is one of the world's largest sailing ships. Originally named Magdalene Vinnen II, she was built in 1921 by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft at Kiel, Germany for the shipping company F. A. Vinnen & Co. of Bremen. After World War II she was handed over to Russia and renamed after Arctic explorer Georgy Sedov in 1945. The Sedov is a 4-masted steel barque. She displaces nearly 3,500 tonnes, is capable of over 18 knots speed (8 knots under engine), is meters long, and her total sail area is 4192 m². She is being used today as a training ship. In crew are about 65 and trainees are about 164. Tall ship is an informal collective term for some kinds of sailing ships. Contrary to other sailing ship classification terms, tall ship does not describe a particular kind of sailing ship identified by a sail plan — both barques and brigantines, for instance, are tall ships. A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. Traditional rigged vessels differ from modern sailing vessels with gaff rigs, topmasts and topsails. Due to the additional crew and rigging required to carry topmasts and gaff rigs and the ability to construct taller, hollow masts of aluminum and steel, separate topmasts are generally cost prohibitive on modern designs. The term has come into widespread use even amongst landlubbers in the mid-20th century with the advent of The Tall Ships' Races. While Sail Training International (STI) has extended the definition of tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than 30 ft. ( m) waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25, this definition can include many modern sailing yachts, so for the purposes of this article, tall ship will refer to those vessels rated as class "B" or above (Fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 to 160 feet in length, and all square rig
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Location: Aberdeen Harbour, Grampian Region, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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