Technical specifications

The STS Fryderyk Chopin is the largest operating brig in the world.

Builder: Dora Shipyard, Gdańsk
Construction: 1990-1992
Launching: November  1990
Hoist of colours: 29.02.1992
Owner:  3Oceans Sp. z o.o.
Home port: Szczecin (Gdańsk until 1993)
Dimensions: length overall – 55,5m; length of hull – 44,5m; length between verticals – 38,78m; width – 8,5m; draft – 3,8m; hight of masts from waterline – 37m; freeboard – 6,11m
Capacity: 305BRT
Displacement:  400T
Sail area: 1200m2
Auxiliary engine: 538HP „SCANIA”
Crew: 53, including 7-8 professional crew
Autonomy: 100 days
Max speed: under sail – 16kn; on engine – 9kn