Category:Godspeed (ship, 2006)

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English: The Godspeed is the third version of the 1607 vessel Godspeed, see Category:Godspeed (ship). A replica of one of three ships that sailed from England to the New World in 1607 to found what became the first successful English colony.

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Type: 3-masted brigantine
Design by: Tri-Coastal Marine of Richmond, Calif.
Order date:
Built by: Rockport Marine, Rockport, Texas, United States
Yard No:
Keel laid:
Launch date: 18.03.2006
Date of completion: 22.05.2006
Length over all: 27 m (88 feet)
LPP: 20.0 m (65.5 feet)
Beam: m
Draught: m
Main mast 21.8 m tall (71.5 feet)
GRT:
DWT:
NET:
Sail area: 225 m2 (2,420 square feet)
Main engine: twin engine
Speed: kn
The ship's galley and navigational equipment are run by high-tech electronics, although these modern features will be hidden from view when it is in port. The compass and charts that pointed the direction to the New World are reproductions.