The sail training ship "Sagres" was built in 1937 in the shipyards of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, having then received the name of "Albert Leo Schlageter". Damaged during World War II, "Albert Leo Schlageter" was captured in 1945 in Bremerhaven by the American forces and handed over to Brazil in 1948. In 1962 Portugal purchased the ship from Brazil in order to substitute an older sail training ship "Sagres", formerly a German ship, named “Rickmer Rickmers”, that had been captured by Portugal during World War I and incorporated in the Portuguese Navy as a training ship in 1924. This explains why sometimes the present sail training ship "Sagres" is erroneously called "Sagres II", especially abroad. In fact, she is the third training ship of the Portuguese Navy bearing the name "Sagres".


Flag: Portugal
Rig: Barque
Class: A
Homeport: Lisbon, Portugal
Normal Cruising Waters: Worldwide
Sparred Length: 293'6"
Draft: 17'
Hull: Steel