The Tall Ships Races Magellan-Elcano 2023, Lisboa.
GEORG STAGE. Veleiro, Navio-Escola / Sailing Training Ship. Comprimento fora-a-fora / Length overall: 51 m. Boca / Beam: 9 m. Calado / Draught: 4,2 m. Arqueação bruta / Gross Tonnage: 298 T. Construção / Building: Frederikshavn Værft og Flydedok, 1934. Guarnição / Crew: 80. IMO: 5128417. Indicativo de chamada / Call Sign: OYKL. Bandeira / Flag: Dinamarca / Denmark. Cais da Rocha Conde de Óbidos, Lisboa, 2023.09.01.
«Ship-owner Frederik Stage forged the idea to build a training ship by the late 1800s, as the merchant navy was in desperate need of skilled mariners due to high demands on goods.
The ship is named after Frederik Stage’s son Georg, who died from tuberculosis in 1880 aged just 23. Two years later, the foundation ’Georg Stages Minde’ and the eponymous training ship became a reality.
Today, a depiction of young Georg Stage prevails on the ship. We still sail under the original figurehead of him, which dates from the first 1880s ship.
The foundation’s purpose was the same then as it is now – ”to provide young people wishing to set out to sea with their first practical maritime education on board a custom-built training ship”.»
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