URANIA

 
 

Class:

D

Flag:

Netherlands

Length:

26.35m

Rig:

Bm Ketch

Year Built:

2004

Home Port:

Den Helder, Netherlands

Entered By:

Ministry of Defence, The Netherlands

Biographical Data:

The Royal Netherlands Navy has owned a sail training ship, Urania, since 1830. The name comes from Greek mythology where Urania was the muse of astronomy. Her crest represents this with the signs of the zodiac and her motto means ‘vigilance without fear’.

The current Urania is the sixth and was built in 2003/2004. The lines of Urania are based on the lines of the former Urania to a design of Olivier van Meer, but built to the 2004 standrds. She has accommodation for a crew of seventeen and is rigged as a ketech. Urania is used as a training ship for training of midshipmen.

Urania competed in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 and won the Firendship Trophy for this race series.
 
 
After two years of preparations involving an estimated 13,760 hours of voluntary effort, Waterford successfully hosted The Tall Ships Races 2011 from June 30-July 3.
It’s estimated that 500,000 people enjoyed the spectacle in the city and along the Suir Estuary. To all those individuals and organisations that made this huge international event possible and to the people of Waterford who embraced the occasion brilliantly – thank you. To those who visited Waterford, we look forward to welcoming you back soon and invite you to visit www.discoverwaterfordcity.ie to keep up-to-date on what’s happening in Ireland’s oldest city. To the sail training family at the heart of The Tall Ships Races, we look forward to your return!

Here we showcase a small selection of Dylan Vaughan’s photography from four magical days.