The 39-meter “Falken” is a sail training ship of the Swedish Navy, technically a schooner with a crew of fifteen.
She was built in 1947 at a shipyard in Stockholm, along with her sister ship “Gladan”, and carries up to 38 cadets.
The officers and the cadets of the “Falken” attended a reception at the Naval Academy of Livorno. The ship left the port on Friday evening in route to Ajaccio, in Corsica.
External links: Swedish Navy - Schooner - Italian Naval Academy (Wikipedia) - Port of Livorno (Pinterest)
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15 comments:
She looks quite seaworthy!
I would love to take a sail on this!
safe travels!
Beautiful ship.
I have never understood why big countries have these sailing ships in their navies in the 21st century.
Nice shots of a nice schooner. The braided girl is lucky to be on board.
Look at all the ropes - I wouldn't know where to begin!
Duncan In Kuantan
What a beauty this old ship!!
Wow...... they are beautiful!
'She' looks to be in her early 20's. hahahaha
Lovely ship, especially bathed in that beautiful light in the first picture!
She's a real beauty! The ship, I mean. :-)
A beauty!
Oh no, why would such a beauty want to go to Corsica of all places?! :-)
Nice with a bit of Sweden in Livorno.
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