Tall Ship STAD AMSTERDAM

Dutch clipper ship Stad Amsterdam will be visiting Sydney on its international voyage retracing Charles Darwin’s famous journey in the Beagle. Darwin’s original voyage led to his theory of evolution and the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.

Stad Amsterdam

The Stad Amsterdam - a clipper, built along the classical lines of this type of ship but equipped with the latest technology. The Stad was the result of a joint project between the city of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and the human resources company, Ranstad. They built a ship for chartering, which at the same time would become a training center for young, unemployed people, to enable them to learn a new profession at sea.