Gazela of Philadelphia – USA

Length overall: 178’ Beam: 27’ Draft: 17’ Hull: Wood Rig: Barquentine Year built: 1883 Home port: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gazela of Philadelphia, built in 1883, was still fishing the Grand Banks for cod in 1969, when she was the last of the country’s square-rigged fishing schooners to be retired. Now, she is probably the oldest and largest wood-hulled square-rigger still actively plying the waves. Most of her hull’s oak and pine is original; having been harvested from a forest especially planted in 1460 by Prince Henry the Navigator. Owned by the Penn’s Landing Corporation of Philadelphia, she is sailed and maintained by enthusiastic volunteers.