Engineering:Star Clipper

Short description: Four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship

History
Name:	Star Clipper
Owner:	Star Clippers Ltd
Operator:	Star Clippers Ltd
Port of registry:	1992–2010: Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2010 onwards: Valletta, Malta
Builder:	Scheepswerven van Langerbrugge (Belgium)
Yard number:	2184
Laid down:	20 April 1990
Completed:	1 April 1992
Identification:	Call sign: 9HA2513 IMO number: 8915445 MMSI number: 248786000
Status:	In service
Notes:
General characteristics
Type:	Barquentine, cruise ship
Length:	111.57 m (366 ft 1 in)
Beam:	15.14 m (49 ft 8 in)
Draught:	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	6 sails Caterpillar 3512 DITA
Capacity:	170 passengers 300 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Notes:

Star Clipper is a four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship, and operated by Star Clippers Ltd of Sweden. She is the first clipper ship in this class since 1912. She is classed by Lloyds 100A1

A luxury vessel, she sails under the Maltese flag.

See also

• Royal Clipper
• Star Flyer
• Flying Clipper
• List of cruise ships
• List of large sailing vessels

External links

• Official website of Star Clippers, the operator of the ship
• "In seventh heaven" – review in The Australian of a cruise on the Star Clipper
• "Star Clipper" – review by Douglas Ward in The Daily Telegraph, London
• "Under sail on the Star Clipper" – review by Betsa Marsh in the Miami Herald
• Star Clipper at Shipspotting.com.

"Star Clipper", artistic impression by the Belgian artist Yasmina