Joseph Conrad (ship)
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This article is about the sailing ship previously named Georg Stage. For sailing ship currently named Georg Stage, see Georg Stage.
Joseph Conrad is an iron-hulled sailing ship, originally launched as Georg Stage in 1882 and used to train sailors in Denmark. After sailing around the world as a private yacht in 1934 she served as a training ship in the United States, and is now a museum ship at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut.
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History | |
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Denmark | |
Name | Georg Stage (1882–c.1930) |
Namesake | Georg Stage |
Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Launched | 1882 |
Fate | Sold 1934 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Joseph Conrad |
Namesake | Joseph Conrad |
Owner | Alan Villiers |
Acquired | 1934 |
Fate | Sold 1936 |
United States | |
Name | Joseph Conrad |
Namesake | Joseph Conrad |
Owner |
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Out of service | 1945 |
Homeport | Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut |
Honors and awards | |
Status | Museum and training ship |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sailing ship |
Length | |
Beam | 25 ft 3 in (7.70 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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