What Was The Largest Sailing Warship Ever Built?

The USS Pennsylvania, the largest sailing warship ever built for the U.S. Navy, was rated for 136 guns on three covered gun decks and guns on her upper (spar) deck. Inspired by the legendary tall ship Preussen, the Royal Clipper is the largest and only five-masted full-rigged sailing ship built. Launched in 1992 in Le Havre, France, the Club Med 2 is one of the largest sailing ships in the world, measuring 636 feet (194 meters) long and weighing 14,983 tons.

The Royal Clipper was the largest United States sailing warship ever built, equivalent to a first-rate of the British Royal Navy. Authorized in 1816 and launched in 1812, it was the largest wooden battleship until the completion of HMS Warrior. The last British wooden first-rate three-decked ship of the line commissioned for sea service was HMS Victoria, with a displacement of 6,959 tons.

Wyoming, a 6-masted schooner, was the largest wooden ship ever built. The HMS St Lawrence was the largest warship ever built on the Great Lakes during the age of sail. The largest warship ever built in the UK eased into the Firth of Forth as it set out on two years of sea trials. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built in the UK, eased into the Firth of Forth as it set out on two years of sea trials.