Engineering:Lê Quý Đôn (2014)

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History
Vietnam
Namesake: Lê Quý Đôn
Owner:  Vietnam People's Navy
Builder: Marine Projects Ltd., Gdańsk
Launched: June 2014
Completed: June 2015
Maiden voyage: 27. September 2015
Homeport: Nha Trang
Identification:
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: training ship
Displacement: 950 tons
Length: 67 m (220 ft)
Beam: 10 m (33 ft)
Draught: 4 m (13 ft)
Installed power: 880 kW (1196 hp)
Propulsion: Sail, auxiliary diesel engine
Sail plan: three-masted barque
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) under power
Endurance: 45 days
Crew: 30 + 80 cadetts

The Lê Quý Đôn is a tall ship of the Vietnam People's Navy (Hải quân Nhân dân Việt Nam). She is named in honour of the Vietnamese philosopher Lê Quý Đôn (1726–1784). The maiden voyage with a mixed crew of Vietnamese and Polish sailors started on 27. September 2015 from Gdańsk to Nha Trang, where she is based now.

The ship

Lê Quý Đôn before the maiden voyage.

The training ship was ordered in 2013 at Marine Projects Ltd. in Gdańsk, Poland. The vessel was designed by Poland naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, for Vietnam Navy, and built by the Remontowa Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland . The three-masted barque is carrying 1400 m² sails made of synthetic materials, her hull is made of steel. She has a crew of 30 plus 80 cadets.[1]

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