Mercator

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Photo 1
Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: (BE) Oostende
Date: 29/03/2017
Photo 2
Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: (BE) Oostende
Date: 29/03/2017
Administrative data Technical data
name: Mercator
built: 1932
call sign: N/A
IMO: N/A
flag: Belgium
dimensions: 78.40 x 11.09 x 4.50 m
type: barquentine
capacity: number of masts: 3
total sail surface: 1600 square meters
crew: 150
speed: 13.00 kn
former name(s): new name(s):
No known former names No known new names
We also have pictures of this vessel under the folowing name(s).
Extra info:
built 1932 on order of the Belgian government in Leith in Scotland, sail training ship for Belgian officers of the merchant navy.
originally rigged as a topsail schooner, grounded and damaged during the voyage to Ostend, rerigged as barkentine in France.

In 1961, she became a floating museum, first in Antwerp, and finally from 1963 in the marina of Ostend (BE), just in front of the city hall.
the ship hosts an exhibition about the history of Belgian sail training ships and about the life on board.
Converted? This vessel is still the same type as it was built.
Museum? She is part of a heritage preservation project, or belongs to a museum.
Scrapping? Not scrapped on 01/11/2019.
Casualty? No