Christian Radich

by Greg Reed

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Christian Radich

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Greg Reed

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Nikkormat FTN w/Vivitar 28mm f 2.8 Prime on Kodak Plus X.

Departing Washington DC somewhere between Mount Vernon and the Occoquan Bay on the Potomac River c. 1975.

Christian Radich was built by Framnæs Mech. Yard in 1937. She was built as a sail training ship: the orlops (dormitories) had capacity for berthing 80-90 students (maximum 80 today after renovation), a large galley for learning to cook, carpentry training, and earlier there was also a machine shop on board (where the galley is now) for the training of engineers. The purpose of the training ship was to train sailors. Sailing-ships were the usual vessels around the turn of the century and that is why the sailing ships continued as a school ship later on.
Even though the initiator to build Christian Radich is often referred to as “Captain”, his profession was general manager of a saw mill and he was also part owner in another. However, he loved the sea, and it is said that he never got tired of listening to stories from his cousin who was a captain. Simeon Christian Radich lived from 1822 to 1889. His birthplace was Halden, but he lived most of his life in Oslo, at that time named Kristiania. Thus the ship is strongly associated with Oslo.

Technical specifications:

Christian RadichName Sk/S Christian Radich -Three mast – Fully Rigged Ship
Homeport: Oslo
Ship building yard: Framnæs Mekaniske Verksted, Norway
Year of construction: 1937
LOA w/bowspritz: 73,00 m
Beam: 9,70 m
Depht: 4,70 m
Height: 37,70 m



Tonnage
Net tonns: 198,00 tonn
Gross tons: 663,00 tonn
Deplacements: 1050,00 tonn

Sail area: 1360,00 m2
Number of sails: 27
Crew, about: 15-20 persons
Main engine Caterpilar: 900 hk
Speed, engine: 10 knots
Speed, sailing: 14 knots

Source: www.radich.no/en/the-ship/

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April 26th, 2017

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