Ship specifications

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)
2. Spritsail 435 sq ft (40.41 m2)
3. Jib 468 sq ft (43.39 m2)
4. Fore top stay sail 384 sq ft (35.67 m2)

Foremast

5. Fore course 840 sq ft (78.04 m2)
6. Fore topsail 989 sq ft (91.87 m2)
7. Fore t'gallant 467 sq ft (43.38 m2)

Between fore and main

8. Main topmast staysail 630 sq ft (58.53 m2)
9. Main t'gallant staysail 450 sq ft (41.8 m2)
10. Main staysail 431 sq ft (40.04 m2)

Mainmast

11. Main course 1197 sq ft (110.74 m2)
12. Main topsail 404 sq ft (37.53 m2)
13. Main t'gallant 519 sq ft (48.22 m2)

Between main and mizzen

14. Mizzen staysail 85 sq ft (7.9 m2)
15. Mizzen topmast staysail 155 sq ft (14.4 m

Mizzenmast

16. Mizzen course (driver) 308 sq ft (28.6 m2)
17. Mizzen topsail 643 sq ft (59.73 m2)