Joseph Conrad (ship)

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Joseph Conrad

History
Denmark
Name	Georg Stage (1882–c.1930)
Namesake	Georg Stage
Builder	Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark
Launched	1882
Fate	Sold 1934
United Kingdom
Name	Joseph Conrad
Namesake	Joseph Conrad
Owner	Alan Villiers
Acquired	1934
Fate	Sold 1936
United States
Name	Joseph Conrad
Namesake	Joseph Conrad
Owner	G.H. Hartford (1936–1939) Maritime Commission (1939–1947) Mystic Seaport (1947–Present)
Out of service	1945
Homeport	Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut
Honors and awards	American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Merchant Marine Atlantic War Zone Medal World War II Victory Medal Merchant Marine World War II Victory Medal
Status	Museum and training ship
General characteristics
Type	Sailing ship
Length	118 ft (36 m) sparred 100 ft 8 in (30.68 m) on deck
Beam	25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship

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.