Roald Amundsen is a German brig

Brig

A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...

 named in honour of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....

 and in service as a sail training

Sail training

From its modern interpretations to its antecedents when maritime nations would send young naval officer candidates to sea , sail training provides an unconventional and effective way of building many useful skills on and off the water....

 ship. She was initially designed as deep sea fishing lugger

Lugger

A lugger is a class of boats, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, Scotland and England. It is a small sailing vessel with lugsails set on two or more masts and perhaps lug topsails.-Defining the rig:...

. The hull was built in 1952 and directly equipped to service the military fleet of former East Germany.

Roald Amundsen now operates all year around as a sail training vessel with voyages lasting between one and three weeks. Her home port is Eckernförde

Eckernförde

Eckernförde is a German city in Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde at the Baltic Sea near Kiel. The population is about 23,000.All German submarines are stationed in Eckernförde....

, a harbour city in Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

 near Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

 in northern Germany.

The ship has participated in the Tall Ships' Races and is rated as a Class A tall ship by Sail Training International

Sail Training International

Sail Training International is an international organisation composed of the national sail training organisations of 29 countries around the world...

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Specifications

Length over all: 50,20 m

Length of hull: 40,80 m

L.W.L. (Length of waterline): 38,20 m

Width/beam: 7,20 m

Draft: 4,20 m

Mast total height: 34,00 m

Sail Area: 850,0 m² (square meters)[with 18 sails]

Crew: 31 Trainees plus Crew quarters [17 Regular Crew]

Motor: 300 PS (220 kW) 8-cylinder (Buckau-Wolff Diesel motor)

Generators: 1x 48 kW; 1x 53 kW

Displacement: 480 t

GRT: 298

ballast: 180 t

ballast tanks: 108 t

call sign: DARG

MMSI: 211215170

IMO No: 8994489

STAG-Sail-No: TS G 508

Ensign / flag: Germany

Equipment: Radar, echo sounder, Global Positioning System, Automatic Identification System, magnetic compass, LRC Long Range Radio, EPIRP-buoye, Inmarsat, short wave radio, Life Rafts, Zodiac, personal safety equipment (rescue vests etc.)