The tall ship Elissa is a sailing ship launched on October 27, 1877. This iron-hulled barque is one of the oldest ships still sailing. Kaskalot at the 2004 Bristol Harbour festival in England. ... Traditional wooden cutter beating. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A barque, sometimes spelled bark, originally referred to a particular type of ship-rigged sailing vessel with a plain bluff bow and a full stern with windows. ...

Elissa was built in Aberdeen, Scotland as a merchant vessel in the time when the use of steamships was overtaking sailing ships. The ship survived numerous ownership changes, renamings, and modifications, including the installation of an engine and the incremental removal of all her rigging and masts. In 1975, she was purchased by the Galveston Historical Foundation (http://www.galvestonhistory.org/), her current owners, who began the process of restoration and repair. Aberdeens location in Scotland Aberdeen (Obar Dheathain in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of 212,125. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Merchants function as professional traders, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves. ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... An engine is something that produces some effect from a given input. ... This article is about the rigging of ships, and is based on the detailed article in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, now in the public domain. ... foremast, mainmast and mizzen mast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

In 1979, after a year of repairs to her hull in Greece, the Elissa was towed to Galveston, Texas, where the restoration process continued. 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ... Galveston redirects here. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ...

The Elissa made her first voyage as a restored sailing ship in 1985, travelling to Corpus Christi, Texas. A year later, she sailed to New York Harbor to take part in the Statue of Liberty's centennial celebrations. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Corpus Christi is a coastal city located in Texas. ... New York Harbor is a geographic term that refers collectively to the bays and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson and adjacent rivers in the vicinity of New York City. ... The Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue, given to the U.S. by France in the late 19th century, that stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all: returning Americans...

When not sailing, the Elissa remains moored at the Texas Seaport Museum in Galveston. An illustration of a mooring A mooring (also moorage) strictly speaking, refers to any device used to hold secure an object by means of cables, anchors, or lines though most often it is specifically a device to which a boat can attach so that it can remain in the same...

Honors

• National Register of Historic Places - first object granted this status while outside United States territory
• National Historic Landmark
• Designated one of "America's Treasures" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation

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Specifications

• Length at waterline - 141 ft.
• Beam - 28 ft.
• Displacement - 620 tons
• Cargo capacity - 430 tons
• Draft - 10 ft. 6 in.

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External links

• Elissa homepage (http://www.tsm-elissa.org/)