SV Mandalay
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Operator | 1953–1981: Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory |
| Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Launched | February 2, 1923 |
| Completed | March 1923, rebuilt 1942 (USN), 1952 (Louis Kenedy, NS Canada), 196? (Lamont Geological Observatory), 1981 (Mike Burke, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises), 2010 (Angermeyer Cruises, Ecuador) |
| Identification |
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| Status | Laid up |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 585 GRT |
| Length | 49.9 m (163 ft 9 in) (pp) |
| Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft 2 in) |
| Depth | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Decks | three |
| Propulsion | 900 bhp (670 kW) V12 GM diesel circa 1942 |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) under full sail |
| Capacity | 72 passengers (as Mandalay) |
| Crew | about 28 (as Mandalay) |
SV Mandalay is a three-masted schooner measuring 163.75 ft (49.91 m) pp, with a wrought iron hull. It was built as the private yacht Hussar (IV), and would later become the research vessel Vema, one of the world's most productive oceanographic research vessels. The ship currently sails as the cruising yacht Mandalay in the Caribbean.