Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Shabab Oman"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Shabab Oman |
Ex-names: | Captain Scott, Youth of Oman |
Registered port: | Maskat |
Nation: | OMAN |
Type of rigging: | BARKENTINE |
Year built: | 1971 |
Yard: | Herd & McKenzie Shipbuilders Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland, GBR |
Overall length: | 52.10 m |
Length (hull): | 44.00 m |
Breadth: | 8.50 m |
Draught: | 4.50 m |
Sail area: | 1020 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 460 PS |
Engine: | 2 * Gardner |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 31 Dec 2010
- known as one of the biggest wooden sailing ships operating today.
- bought by Sultan Qaboos bin Said from Oman in 1977 first managed by the Omani department of Youth Affairs and later by the Omani navy.
- conversion from a 3-m topgallant schooner to a barquentine.
- The name "Shabab Oman" means youth of Oman. She is used for training young officer cadets and trainees from neighbouring states.
- participated in the New York OpSail 1986, the 200th anniversary of the founding of Australia 1987-88, the Columbus Regatta 1992 and won the Cutty Sark Trophy respectively the Sail Training International Friendship Trophy in 1996, 2005, 2008, 2010 awarded to the crew with the biggest input in international friendship and understanding during the race events.
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 260 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 174 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Ollivier Puget
"Windjammer der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1999 ISBN: 3-89225-396-X
(franz. Originalausgabe: "Les Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1997)
Page: 150 Source with picture Source with history
Giancarlo Schiavoni
"Unter Segeln, die grossen Windjammer auf den Weltmeeren"
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1994 ISBN: 3-7822-0605-3
(ital. Originalausgabe: "La nave a vela")
Page: 52, 168 Source with picture Source with history
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 207, 208 Source with picture
(kurzer beschreibender Text)
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 151 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 290 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 164 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 256 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact