Specifications

CHARACTERISTICS

RIG

Marconi rigged Ketch

LENGTH OVERALL

102 feet (31.1metres)

LENGTH ON DECK

91 feet (27,7 metres)

WATERLINE LENGTH

63 feet (19.2 metres)

BEAM

19 feet (5.8 metres)

DRAUGHT

10 feet (3 metres)

DISPLACEMENT

92 tonnes (70.760 kilograms)

MAINMAST HEIGHT

102 feet (28.7 metres)

MIZZENMAST HEIGHT

70 feet (21.3 metres)

FREEBOARD FORWARD

6 feet 8 inches (2 metres)

FREEBOARD AFT

4 feet 9 inches (1.5 metres)

TOTAL SAIL AREA

15,700 sq feet (1.444 sq metres)

- WORKING SAILS

6,133 sq feet (564 sq metres)

- SPINNAKER

7,000 sq feet ( 644 sq metres)

AUXILIARY ENGINE

261 HP Detroit Diesel

ELECTRICAL GENERATOR

8,0 KW Yanmar Diesel

SAILS

Spectra Mylar weight between ¼ and 8 oz.

RUNNING RIGGING

Braided nylon between ¼ and 3 in circumference

STANDING RIGGING

Stainless steel wire rope between ¼ and 2 in circumference

ANCHORS - STARBOARD

185 lbs. Danforth

(83.9 kilograms)

- PORT

85 lbs. Danforth

(38.5 kilograms)

ACCOMMODATION

21 berths

NORMAL COMPLEMENT

- 1 senior officer, 2 senior NCOs, 2 juniors NCOs.

- 16 supernumary junior officers and non-commissioned members

SHIP’S EMBLEM

Oriole (ORIOLUS AURUM)

BUILT

1921

COMMISSIONED

1952