![]() Elissa
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Name | Elissa |
Operator | Galveston Historical Foundation |
Builder |
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Launched | 27 October 1877 |
Identification |
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Fate | Training ship |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 431 GRT 409 NRT |
Length | 141 ft (43 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) . |
Sail plan |
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Capacity | 430 tons cargo |
Elissa | |
Location | Galveston Historic Seaport, Galveston, Texas |
Coordinates | 29°18′34″N 94°47′37″W / 29.30944°N 94.79361°W |
Built | 1877 |
Architect | Alexander Hall & Sons |
Architectural style | Three-masted Barque |
Website | 1877 Tall Ship Elissa |
NRHP reference No. | 78002930[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 21 March 1978 |
Designated NHL | 14 December 1990[2] |
The tall ship Elissa is a three-masted barque. She is based in Galveston, Texas, and is one of the oldest ships sailing today. Launched in 1877, she is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. The Texas Legislature designated Elissa the official tall ship of Texas in 2005.[3]
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