The Stad Amsterdam (literally: City Amsterdam) is a three-mast clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Oranjewerf. A model of a vessel of the clipper type, the four-masted barque named Belle Étoile A clipper was a very fast multiple-masted sailing ship of the 19th century. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54´E 52°22´N Website www. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
The ship was designed by Gerard Dijkstra who modelled her after the mid-19th century frigate Amsterdam, but she is not a replica. A major difference is that the hull is made of steel. The owners call the ship a "modern extreme clipper in historical perspective", meaning that the construction method is a combination of the best qualities of clippers of the past, outfitted and built with modern techniques but with a classic 'look and feel'. This makes her a very fast ship, with 15 knots being a normal speed. She won the 2001 Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race. Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race is a long-distance race for sailing ships. ...
The building of the hull in 1997/98 was used as a work experience project for the unemployed (eg metalworking and welding). The ship was first presented to the public at the 2000 edition of SAIL Amsterdam. During the 2005 edition of the event she was the flagship. Early morning on an as yet almost empty quay with jogging sailors Noon brings the crowds A so-called Pieremachochel, the Prins Willem, but not really - an imitation of an imitation . ... A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. ...
The ship is used for training and as a charter-ship for guests. The crew are mainly from the Netherlands, Denmark and Great Britain and the official language on board is English. Her home port is Amsterdam.
A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a square rigged sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged. ... Kaskalot at the 2004 Bristol Harbour festival in England. ...
Amsterdam, the capital, and second residential city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, lies, in a semi-circle, on the Ij (Wye), the southwestern part of the Zuidersee, at the mouth of the Amstel, and is joined to the North Sea by the Nordseck Canal, constructed between 1865 and 1879.
The city authorities of Amsterdam, however, were, in the interests of their trade with Catholic nations, more tolerant in the enforcement of this regulation than most of the cities of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam, indeed, was at this period rising to the position of the first trading city of the world, a rise due to the fall of Antwerp in 1585, the blockade of the mouths of the Scheldt, and a series of glorious battles with England.
De geschiedenis van de stadAmsterdam gaat terug tot in de 12e eeuw, hoewel de stad `officieel' pas 720 jaar oud is. In 1275 werd voor het eerst de naam Amsterdam genoemd in een bewaard gebleven document waarin graaf Floris V de stad een tolprivilege toekende
De vroegste geschiedenis van de stadAmsterdam is een verhaal van kleine nederzettingen en, hoe kan het ook anders, een voortdurende strijd tegen het water.
Amsterdam werd opslaplaats voor graan dat uit het Oostzeegebied afkomstig was en zo werd de stad in de 15e eeuw al de graanschuur voor de noordelijke Nederlanden.
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