Engineering:Star Flyer

Short description: Four-masted barquentine built in 1991

This page is about the sailing ship. For other uses, see Star Flyer (disambiguation).

History
Name	Star Flyer
Owner	Star Clippers Ltd
Operator	Star Clippers Ltd
Port of registry	1991–2010: Luxembourg, Luxembourg 2010 onwards: Valletta, Malta
Ordered	18 August 1989
Builder	Scheepswerven van Langerbrugge (Belgium)
Yard number	2183
Laid down	27 April 1990
Launched	4 January 1991
Completed	1 May 1991
Identification	Call sign: 9HA2512 IMO number: 8915433 MMSI number: 248785000
Status	In service
Notes
General characteristics
Type:	Barquentine, cruise ship
Tonnage:	2,298 GT 838 NT
Length:	111.57 m (366 ft 1 in)
Beam:	15.14 m (49 ft 8 in)
Draught:	5.501 m (18 ft 0.6 in)
Propulsion:	16 sails Caterpillar 3512
Capacity:	170 passengers 300 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
Notes:

Four-masted barquentine, Star Flyer, off Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean.

Star Flyer is a four masted barquentine built as a cruise ship, and operated by Star Clippers Ltd of Sweden. A luxury vessel, Star Flyer is a sister ship to Star Clipper. Both sailed under the Luxembourg flag until 2010, and now sail under the Maltese flag.

See also

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

External links

• Official website of Star Clippers, the operator of the ship

• Link to videos of Star Flyer @ shipvideos.net

• "Clippers in the Andaman" – review of Star Flyer and Star Clipper by Glenn A. Baker in Cruise Passenger
• "Cruise the Jurassic coast" – review in The Australian of a cruise in Costa Rica on the Star Flyer
• Star Flyer at Shipspotting.com