History | |
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Name |
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In service | 1927–2007 |
Out of service | 2007 |
Identification | IMO number: 8845872 |
Status | Laid up |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Length | 197 ft |
Beam | 30 ft |
Draft | 17 ft |
Crew | 30 |
Notes | Permanently docked in Trinidad |
Yankee Clipper is a three masted sailing cruise ship that served for Windjammer Barefoot Cruises. She was originally built in Kiel, Germany as the Cressida, an armor plated private yacht. She was a prize in World War II. She was acquired by the Vanderbilts and was renamed Pioneer. In 1965, the ship was acquired by Windjammer Barefoot cruises.