STS Young Endeavour II

STS Young Endeavour II is an Australian tall ship. Built by Birdon Group, the ship will be operated and maintained by the Royal Australian Navy.

History
Australia
Name	Young Endeavour II[1]
Namesake	HM Bark Endeavour
Builder	Birdon Group
Laid down	25 July 2023[1]
Status	Under construction
General characteristics
Type	Sail training ship
Length
Sail plan	14 sails, Barquentine rig
Complement	15 standard, plus 42 youth crew[2]

Design and construction

Young Endeavour II is being built by the Birdon Group in Port Macquarie.^[3] The vessel was designed by Dykstra Naval Architects as a barquentine rig, utilising square-rigged sails on the foremast and fore-and-aft sails rigged on the fore, main and mizzen masts.^[4]