Engineering:STS Young Endeavour II
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Short description: Tall ship operated and maintained by the Royal Australian Navy
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 Australia
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| Name: | Young Endeavour II[1] |
| Namesake: | HM Bark Endeavour |
| Builder: | Birdon Group |
| Laid down: | 25 July 2023[1] |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Sail training ship |
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| Sail plan: | 14 sails, Barquentine rig |
| Complement: | 15 standard, plus 42 youth crew[2] |
STS Young Endeavour II is an Australian tall ship. Built by Birdon Group, the ship will be operated and maintained by the Royal Australian Navy.
Design and construction
Young Endeavour II is being built by the Birdon Group in Port Macquarie.[3] The vessel was designed by Dykstra Naval Architects as a barquentine rig, utilising square-rigged sails on the foremast and fore-and-aft sails rigged on the fore, main and mizzen masts.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Australian shipbuilding capability on display at ceremonial keel laying for Young Endeavour II". Australian Defence Magazine (Australian Defence Magazine). 26 July 2023. https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/sea/australian-shipbuilding-capability-on-display-at-ceremonial-keel-laying-for-young-endeavour-ii.
- ↑ "New ship to replace STS Young Endeavour". Young Endeavour Youth Scheme. https://youngendeavour.gov.au/new-ship-to-replace-sts-young-endeavour-confirmed.
- ↑ Langdale, Liz (18 May 2022). "Birdon awarded $40 million contract to build Young Endeavour ship replacement". Port News. https://www.portnews.com.au/story/7741728/young-endeavour-ship-project-to-invigorate-hastings-economy/.
- ↑ "Keel Laid for Young Endeavour II". Marine Link. 1 August 2023. https://www.marinelink.com/news/keel-laid-young-endeavour-ii-506918.
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