Star of India by junge1
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Description
The Star of India is a full-rigged iron Windjammer ship built in 1863 as 'Euterpe' in Ramsey, Isle of Man.
She is the fourth oldest ship afloat in the United States, after the 1797 'USS Constitution', the 1841 'Charles W. Morgan', and the 1854 'USS Constellation', and is the oldest ship in the entire world that still sails regularly.
In 1897, after 21 round-the-world trips the 'Euterpe' was sold. She sailed primarly between England and India and England and New Zealand. She was registered in the United States on October 30, 1900. In the early 20th century she carried fishermen, cannery workers, coal and canning supplies between California and Alaska. She also made ports of call in Australia and Chile.
She is now part of the San Diego Maritime Museum in downtown San Diego.
Displacement:
1197 tons gross
Mast height: 38.8m (127 ft 4 in)
Main yard length: 22m (72-ft)
This picture was taken on 16 April 2009.
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Comments (43)
MC-Jay-One
Fantastic, very beautiful boat !
lyron
Excellent image!!
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
kenwas
And a beauty she is. Fine shot!
flora-crassella
ein wunderschönes Segelschiff! Super Foto!
qrud
Nice photoshot.
ascoli00
Thank you.Fascinatingh history.Redundant at 37 but still in good health
sandra46
superb capture!!!!!!
jeroni
Beautiful composition. excellent work
allnaydi
Very beautiful ship and background history!
shadownet
Great looking vessel!
flavia49
great picture!! a very beautiful ship!
Minda
wonderful ship and beautiful capture sig!!
jocko500
I heard of this ship. was there a movie made of this ship? anyway this is wonderful looking
annie5
The boat is fantastic! That's a great capture :)
thevolunteer
What a beautiful ship. Sometimes, we have the Nippon Maru come into Hilo Port. It is a sight to see. Wonderful shot Sig. Aloha
M2A
Good capture for this ship. Great.
bmac62
A favorite! Great shot with good info...just what I like:)
timtripp
wonderful image sig!
amanda_a42
I recognized it immediately before I even read the image title or the encryption. I always loved the Star of India and enjoyed seeing it almost every day during the time I spent in SD, took a few shots of her myself at the time. Awesome shot, thank you!
casmindo
San Diego wish we were there!
weesel
Great shot of a grand old lady. Now that low, black hull in the background looks like something The Weese would be interested in.
greensleeves81
That was an amazing story from the history illustrated with a great shot. 'Thumbs Up' from India.
SSoffia
WONDERFUL & BEAUTIFUL CAPTURE :)
artaddict2
Beautiful ship and what history she must have.
renecyberdoc
fantastic shot and also the info is very valuable.
erlandpil
The boat is fantastic! agree erland
RG19
Super capture of a great tall ship!!!
DennisReed
Fantastic capture of one gorgeous ship!
ledwolorz
Fantastic photo.