Af Chapman

Update 07.06.2012
Current Name Af Chapman
Previous Name G.D. Kennedy (until 1923), Dunboyne (until 1915)
Manager STF Vandrarhem 'AF CHAPMAN' & Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Owner STF Vandrarhem 'AF CHAPMAN' & Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Flag Sweden
Port of Registry Stockholm
Type of Ship full rigged ship
Completion 1888
Shipyard Whitehaven Shipbuilding No.2 Company, Whitehaven, United Kingdom
GT 1.425
Overall Length [m] 71,10
Registered Breadth [m] 11,40
Maximum Draught [m] 5,60
Additional Information once used as a sailing cargo ship. In 1923, the Swedish Navy took ownership and used the vessel as training ship. In 1947 the Swedish Touring Club bought the vessel and since then uses it as a youth hostel at Skeppsholmen.
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