Gloria – Columbia

Length overall: 249’ Beam: 34’8” Draft: 16’4” Hull: Steel Rig: Barque Year built: 1968 Home port: Cartegna From a new generation of tall ships designed for cadet training, Columbia’s remarkably beautiful Gloria, launched from Bilbao, Spain in 1968, recalls the classic German barks built in the 1920s and 1930s. She carries a crew of ten officers, a professional crew of fifty and seventy-five cadets.