STS Young Endeavour
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| Name: | Young Endeavour |
| Builder: | Brooke Marine Limited |
| Laid down: | May 1986 |
| Launched: | 3 August 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 25 January 1988 |
| Homeport: | Sydney |
| Nickname: | crabs and seashells |
| Fate: | Active |
| Status: | sailing the east coast of Australia |
| Badge: |  |
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| Displacement: | 239 tonnes |
| Length: | 44 metres |
| Beam: | 7.8 metres |
| Draught: | 4 metres |
| Propulsion: | 9 sails, brigantine rig, 2 x 215 turbo charged diesels |
| Speed: | 14 knots (sail), 10 knots (power) |
| Complement: | 10 standard crew + 24 youth crew |
STS Young Endeavour is an Australian tall ship. Young Endeavour was presented as a gift from the United Kingdom for Australia's bicentenary of colonisation in 1988. She operates as a sail training vessel and is operated by the Royal Australian Navy. The vessel was designed by naval architect Colin Mudie and is brigantine rigged.
The ship conducts voyages for young Australians aged between 16 and 23 years. Youth crew are selected by ballot process done twice a year, and come from all over Australia. They spend 11 days at sea with 24 other people from all over Australia and aboard.
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