Museu Maritim

The schooner Santa Eulàlia

The schooner Santa Eulàlia was thus renamed in honour of one of Barcelona’s patron saints after it had undergone a recovery and restoration process. The vessel is currently moored at the wooden pier (Bosch and Alsina) at Barcelona’s old port, where it is open to visitors every day, except on the occasions on which it takes to the seas of the world in the role of an ambassador for the museum, the city and the country.

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In January 1918, a schooner sporting three masts and named Carmen Flores was launched at the beach of Torrevieja. The vessel was active for almost 80 years, during which time it underwent various modifications and changes of name. Between 1928 and 1975 it was a motor sailer and went by the names of the Puerto de Palma and the Cala San Vicenç. As of 1975, by which time it was called the Sayremar Uno, it operated as an auxiliary ship for underwater work. The vessel continued to work in that capacity until 1997, the year in which the Museu Marítim de Barcelona acquired it through an auction.

That purchase saw the museum posed with one of the most significant and difficult challenges it had ever faced, namely the recovery and restoration of a historical vessel, adhering to the strictest criteria in terms of the protection of cultural heritage. The first of its kind to be undertaken in Spain, the operation was also intended to be an initial step towards recovering our valuable floating heritage.

Having gathered together all kinds of historical and technical information that provided a highly accurate picture of the ship’s original appearance, restoration and reconstruction work began in 1998, following a principle of preservation wherever possible.

Certain parts had to be newly made, such as the masts, spars and rigging.Meanwhile, plans were afoot to make the ship operative, so that the restored schooner would be able to set sail in addition to being open to visitors in the port. Currently moored at Barcelona’s old port, the Santa Eulàlia has become the museum’s flagship and is a vital part of a comprehensive range of educational programmes and pedagogical and civic activities related to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Technical specifications
Previous names:	Carmen Flores (1919-1931) Puerto de Palma (1931-1936) Cala San Vicenç (1936-1975) Sayremar Uno (1975-2000) Santa Eulàlia (2001)
Year of construction:	1918 Probably launched on 14 January 1919
Shipyard:	Astilleros Marí, in Torrevieja (Alicante)
Dead weight (maximum load):	190 tons
Displacement in service:	215 tons
Gross / net tonnage:	156 tons / 116 tons
Material of hull:	Wood
Overall length:	34.6 m (47 m including the bowsprit and the boom)
Length between perpendiculars:	29.3 m
Maximum breadth:	8.5 m
Depth:	3,8 m
Maximum draught:	4.05 m
Surface area of sails:	526,4 m2
Number of sails:	12
Height of masts above deck:	27 m
Engine:	Volvo Penta 367 CV (291.9 kW)
Current crew:	7 (captain plus 6 sailors)
Maximum no. of passengers:	30 people

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