1 January 2026 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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at quai Richard Waddington, Rouen, France © Chabe01/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Bima Suci (945) is a
barque and
training ship of the
Indonesian Navy .
Bima Suci was
launched on 18 September 2017 by Freire Shipyard,
Vigo ,
Spain . The vessel was
commissioned in 2017.
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1 November 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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The Golden Horizon at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split © Ballota/cc-by-sa-4.0
🔊 Listen to this Post SV Golden Horizon is a steel-
hulled five-
masted barque rigged tall ship which is intended to serve as a
cruise ship , but has almost never seen active service. Originally named
Flying Clipper , the luxury vessel was designed by
Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń , for Star Clippers Ltd. of Sweden, and built by the
Brodosplit Shipyard in
Split, Croatia . She is the largest sailing ship ever launched. Her design was based on
France II , a famous French five-mast cargo
windjammer built in 1911.
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1 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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passing Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA © Cruadin/cc-by-2.5
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INS
Tarangini is a
three-masted barque , commissioned in 1997 as a
sail training ship for the
Indian Navy . She is
square rigged on the fore and main masts and
fore-and-aft rigged on the mizzen mast. She was constructed in
Goa to a design by the British
naval architect Colin Mudie , and launched on 1 December 1995. In 2003–04, she became the first
Indian naval ship to
circumnavigate the globe .
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1 September 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: General , Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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Capitán Miranda – Bow and figurehead © Dohness/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Capitán Miranda (ROU 20) is a three-masted
staysail schooner of the
Uruguayan Navy . Originally acquired by the Uruguayan Navy as a
survey ship in 1930, the ship remained in service until 1976 in this role. Destined for the
shipbreakers , the vessel was repurposed as a
training ship in 1978.
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1 August 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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Hermione fire her canons in Bordeaux © Dark Attsios/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Hermione is a 32-gun
Concorde -class frigate fitted for
12-pounder guns , completed in Rochefort by the Asselin organisation in 2014. It is a
reproduction of the 1779
Hermione , which achieved fame by ferrying General
La Fayette to the United States in 1780 to allow him to rejoin the American side in the
American Revolutionary War .
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1 June 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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ARM
Cuauhtémoc is a
sail training vessel of the
Mexican Navy , launched in 1982.
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1 May 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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🔊 Listen to this Post Simón Bolívar is a
training vessel for the
Venezuelan Navy . She sails from the home port of
La Guaira and is a frequent participant in
tall ship events. She is named after
Simón Bolívar , the liberator of
Bolivia ,
Colombia ,
Peru ,
Ecuador ,
Panama and
Venezuela .
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1 March 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: General , Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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in Kochi © Indian Navy
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INS
Sudarshini is a
sail training ship built by
Goa Shipyard for the
Indian Navy . The ship is a
sister ship of
INS Tarangini which was commissioned in 1997. “Sudarshini” means “beautiful lady
Sundari ” after the younger half-sister of
Buddha . The ship was designed by
Colin Mudie , a
naval architect and
yacht designer from the United Kingdom. Her homeport ist
Kochi .
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1 February 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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at Pearl Harbor © United States Navy – Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Dennis C. Cantrell
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The ship is the
sixth to carry the name
Esmeralda . The first was the
frigate Esmeralda captured from the Spanish at
Callao ,
Peru , by
Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane of the
Chilean Navy , in a bold incursion on the night of 5 November 1820. The second was the
corvette Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy, which, set against superior forces, fought until sunk with colors flying on 21 May 1879 at the
Battle of Iquique . These events are considered significant milestones by the Chilean navy.
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