1 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month
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off of Madeira, Portugal © Zbigniew Bosek/cc-by-sa-3.0
The
Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish brig-rigged sailing-ship. The ship was designed by
Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, named in honour of the early to mid 19th century Polish composer
Fryderyk Chopin, and launched in 1992 in the Dora Shipyard,
Gdynia, Poland. She was chartered for a year by
West Island College (“Class Afloat”) in
Nova Scotia to expand their Tall Ship educational program. After that, she was operated by the
European School of Law and Administration, a private university in Poland. The homeport is
Szczecin.
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