Ship specifications
Name |
Endeavour |
Type |
Ship-rigged Bark |
Flag |
Australia |
Owner |
Australian Government |
Management |
Australian National Maritime Museum |
Homeport |
Sydney, Australia |
Keel laid |
October 1988 |
Launched |
9 December 1993 |
Commissioned |
16 April 1994 |
Dockyard |
Mews Road, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Displacement |
550 tonnes |
Gross tonnage |
397 |
Hull construction |
Jarrah below the waterline, oregon above |
Length extreme |
End bowsprit to end stern 143'5" (43.7 m) |
Length overall |
109'3" (33.3 m) |
Length waterline |
101'5" (30.92 m) |
Beam |
29'2" (8.89 m) |
Depth in hold |
11'4" (3.45 m) |
Draught |
11'10" (3.6 m) |
Sails |
27 - 9 square, 8 fore and aft, 10 studding sails |
Height of mizzenmast |
78'9" (24 m) |
Height of mainmast |
127'11" (39 m) |
Height of foremast |
109'10" (33.5 m) |
Machinery |
Two 405-hp, 6-cylinder Caterpillar diesels with 4.5: 1 reduction gear boxes driving 3-bladed, 4 ft diameter controllable-pitch, fully-feathering propellers. Two diesel generators, one for day running and one for overload and night operations. Fuel capacity of 24,600 litres. |
Speed |
Average under engine 5 knots under sail 2.5 knots. |
Sea crew - professional |
16 |
Voyaging crew - amateur |
36 |
Supernumeraries - passengers |
4 |
Figurehead |
None |
Carving |
Stern, quarter badge windows, carrick heads |
Employment |
Sailing museum replica ship |
Survey |
AMSA USL 2A which gives Endeavour an unlimited international range as a sailing cargo ship. Endeavour is not a sail training ship. |
Endeavour sail area |
Approximately 10,000 sq feet (930 m2) |
Bowsprit |
1. Spritsail topsail 467 sq ft (43.38 m2) |
Foremast |
5. Fore course 840 sq ft (78.04 m2) |
Between fore and main |
8. Main topmast staysail 630 sq ft (58.53 m2) |
Mainmast |
11. Main course 1197 sq ft (110.74 m2) |
Between main and mizzen |
14. Mizzen staysail 85 sq ft (7.9 m2) |
Mizzenmast |
16. Mizzen course (driver) 308 sq ft (28.6 m2) |