Engineering:STS Kapitan Borchardt

Short description: 1918 Polish sail training ship

Kapitan Borchardt in 2012 in Liverpool
General characteristics
Type:	Tall ship
Tonnage:	173 GT 90 NT
Length:	45 m (148 ft) o/a
Beam:	7 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:	350 hp (261 kW) Caterpillar 3406B
Sail plan:	Gaff-schooner, sail area: 600 m2 (6,500 sq ft)
Boats & landing craft carried:	1
Crew:	7 to 60

Kapitan Borchardt is a Polish sail training ship built in 1918, named after Karol Olgierd Borchardt. "Kapitan Borchardt" is the oldest sailing ship currently flying the Polish flag. Launched in the Netherlands in 1918 and named "Nora", the ship was initially used as an ocean-going cargo vessel before being converted to a training ship in Sweden in 1989. Kapitan Borchardt - then named "Najaden" - became a Polish vessel in 2011 when it was purchased from the vessel's former owner.

External links

• Official website