Jeanie Johnston, moored off Custom House Quay, Dublin
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History | |
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Ireland | |
Name | Jeanie Johnston |
Owner | Dublin Docklands Development Authority |
Operator | Aiseanna Mara Teoranta |
Port of registry | Tralee, County Kerry |
Builder | The Jeanie Johnston (Ireland) Company Ltd., Blennerville, Tralee |
Cost | €13.7m |
Laid down | 1998 |
Launched | 6 May 2000 |
Sponsored by | President Mary McAleese |
Christened | 7 May 2000 |
Completed | 2002 |
Maiden voyage | March 2003 |
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Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Three-masted barque |
Tonnage | 301 GT |
Displacement | 518 t (510 long tons) |
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Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Height | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) air draft |
Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
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Crew | 40 (11 permanent and 29 voyage crew) |
Jeanie Johnston is a replica of a three-masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn. The replica Jeanie Johnston performs a number of functions: it is an ocean-going sail training vessel at sea, and in port, it converts into a living history museum on 19th century emigration and, in the evenings, is used as a corporate event venue.