Star of India (ship)
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Star of India is an iron-hulled sailing ship, built in 1863 in Ramsey, Isle of Man as the full-rigged ship Euterpe. After a career sailing from Great Britain to India and New Zealand, she was renamed, re-rigged as a barque, and became a salmon hauler on the Alaska to California route. Retired in 1926, she was restored as a seaworthy museum ship in 1962–3 and home-ported at the Maritime Museum of San Diego in San Diego, California. She is the oldest ship still sailing regularly and also the oldest iron-hulled merchant ship still afloat.[4] The ship is both a California Historical Landmark and United States National Historic Landmark.[2][1][5]
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Star of India docked in San Diego | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
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Builder | Gibson, McDonald & Arnold |
Launched | 14 November 1863 |
In service | 1906 |
Fate | Sold to the United States |
United States | |
Acquired | 1906 |
Identification | IMO number: 8640337 |
Fate | Operational museum ship |
General characteristics | |
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Beam | 10.7 m (35 ft) |
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Draft | 6.6 m (22 ft) (fully loaded) |
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Star of India | |
Location | San Diego Embarcadero, San Diego, California |
Coordinates | 32°43′13.5″N 117°10′24.7″W |
Built | 1863[2] |
Architectural style | Three-masted bark |
NRHP reference No. | 66000223[3] |
CHISL No. | 1030[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 13 November 1966 |
Designated NHL | 13 November 1966[2] |