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Joseph Conrad is an iron-hulled sailing ship, originally launched as Georg Stage in 1882 and used to train sailors in Denmark. After sailing around the world as a private yacht in 1934 she served as a training ship in the United States , and is now a museum ship at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut .
The veteran training ship Joseph Conrad sailed under three flags before mooring permanently at Mystic Seaport Museum in 1947. Built in Copenhagen in 1882 and named Georg Stage as a memorial to the young son of Frederik Stage, a prominent ship owner, the 111-foot vessel, one of the smallest full-rigged ships built in modern times, was designed ...
After fifty-two years, the vessel was about to be broken up when Alan Villiers bought her in 1934. Captain Villiers took her, sailing under the British flag and renamed the Joseph Conrad, on a voyage around the world that lasted more than two years. In 1936 George Huntington Hartford bought her, added a modern engine, and used her for three ...
Before Joseph Conrad turned to writing he spent 20 years at sea, rising from common seaman to ship’s captain. Otago had been hard-driven during the passage out. The shipping correspondent of the Otago Daily Times noted that the “handsome clipper barque” had taken just 88 days “land to land”, and in one 24-hour stint had reeled off 306 ...
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The ship JOSEPH CONRAD was built at Copenhagen, Denmark, as the GEORG STAGE, as sail training ship for Danish merchant service cadets in 1882. The vessel was sold in 1934 and renamed the JOSEPH CONRAD. The ship has been located at Mystic Seaport Museum since 1947. Top →
Restrictions on Access Available for use in the Manuscripts Division. Restrictions on Use Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division. Top →
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalogusing these headings. Persons: Villiers, Alan John, b. 1903 Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels): Mystic Seaport Museum Georg Stage (Ship) Handelsrad...
Preferred Citation Coll. 42, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. Top →
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Aug 26, 2013 · The veteran training ship Joseph Conrad sailed under three flags before permanently mooring at Mystic. Built in Copenhagen in 1882, she was named the Georg Stage. The iron-hulled vessel sailed the Baltic and North Seas on six-month training cruises, carrying 80 cadets at a time.
Joseph Conrad's career at sea. The barque Otago, captained by Conrad in 1888 and early 1889. Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; Berdychiv, Ukraine, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924, Bishopsbourne, Kent, England) was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England. [note 1] He is regarded as one of the ...
