Esmeralda – Chile

Length overall: 371’ Beam: 42’8” Draft: 19’8” Hull: Steel Rig: Four-masted barquentine Year built: 1952-54 Home port: Valparaiso The world’s second largest sailing ship, Chile’s Esmeralda, 353 feet long with a mast height of 165 feet, was launched in 1952. The four-mast barkentine, capable of twelve knots under engine power, is armed with a quartet of 5.7-centimeter rapid-fire guns and has participated in OpSail 1964, 1976 and 1986.