| Tall Ships' Race - Liverpool - The Sandon Dock Ships Photographs © John H. Luxton 2008 |
| These photographs show the ships assembled in Sandon Half Tide Dock on Friday July 17. |

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| Brazilian Navy's full rigged ship CISNE BRANCO "White Swan" completed in 2000 by Damen Shipyard, Amsterdam |
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| The Russian "Dar Mlodziezy Class" full rigged ship MIR (1987) operated by the St. Petersburg Marine College |
 |  |  |  | EENDENRACHT "Unity" is a 1989 built gaff schooner of tne Netherlands. Operated by the National Society Het Zeiland Zeeschip. |
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| Full rigged ship SORLANDET (1927) operated by Stiftelsen Fullriggen Sorlandet. The Oman Barquentine SHABAB OMAN (1971) can be seen in the right hand picture. |
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| The three masted Barque STATSRAAD LEHMKUHL (1914) of Norway operated by Statsrad Lehmkuhl. |
 |  |  |  | The Polish full rigged ship DAR MLODZIEZY "Gift of Youth" of 1982 was the class leader for class of ships used for the former USSR and allies. She is operated by the Gdynia Maritime University. |
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