Launched 1989 Draft 6.6 m | Construction started 1987 Length 108 m Beam 14 m Hull material Steel | |
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Owner Sevastopol branch of Federal State-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education «ADMIRAL USHAKOV MARITIME STATE UNIVERSITY» Status Bareboat charterer, Inmaris Windjammer Chartering GmbH, Hamburg Class and type Russian Maritime Register Special Purpose Ship !A Propulsion sail, 2 1,000 hp. auxiliary engines Sail plan 3-masted ship rig; sail area 2,770 m (29,800 sq ft), 26 sails, height 49.5 m (162 ft) | ||
The Khersones or Chersones is a Russian three-mast tall ship, a full rigged ship. It was built in 1989 in Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland, in a series of six sister ships (among which also the Mir), after the designs of Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń. The ship is named after the city of Chersonesus an ancient city and archaeological site near Sevastopol.
Today Khersones was a training ship for the Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University. She partakes in many windjammer regattas.
Khersones will take part in "SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta - 2016".
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