Asgard II

Asgard II was the Irish national sail training vessel, and the replacement for the previous Asgard. A brigantine, she was designed specifically for service as a sail training vessel by Jack Tyrrell, and built in Arklow, County Wicklow. She was commissioned on 7 March 1981. Owned by the Irish state, and managed by Coiste an Asgard (a founding member of Sail Training International), the vessel had a traditional figurehead in the form of a carving o... more
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