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Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	Balclutha
Builder:	Charles Connell & Co. Ltd.
Launched:	December 06, 1886
Commissioned:	January 15, 1887
Fate:	Museum ship since 1954
General characteristics
Type:	Three-masted full-rigged ship
Tonnage:	1,689 GT (gross tonnage) 1,614 NT (net tonnage)
Displacement:	ca. 4,100 tons
Tons burthen:	2,650 tons (2,692 tonnes)
Length:	301 ft (92 m)
Beam:	38.6 ft (11.8 m)
Height:	145 ft (44 m)
Draught:	20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Depth of hold:	22.7 ft (6.9 m)
Propulsion:	sails
Sail plan:	rigged with royal sails over double top & single topgallant sails; 25 sails all in all
Complement:	26; under the APA flag ~ 210

Balclutha, also known as Star of Alaska, Pacific Queen, or Sailing Ship BALCLUTHA, is a steel-hulled full rigged ship that was built in 1886. She is the only square rigged ship left in the San Francisco Bay area and is representative of several different commercial ventures, including lumber, salmon, and grain. She is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is currently preserved at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.

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