The Tall Ship Elissa in her berth at the Texas Seaport Museum.

Elissa is a three-masted, iron-hulled sailing ship built in 1877 in Aberdeen,
Scotland by Alexander Hall & Company.
Tall ships are classified by the configuration of their sailing rig.
In Elissa’s case, she is a ‘barque’ because she carries square and fore-and-aft sails
on her fore and mainmasts, but only fore-and-aft sails on her mizzenmast.
From her stern to the tip of her jibboom she measures 205 feet.
Her height is 99 feet, 9 inches at the main mast.

She is a fully-functional vessel that continues to sail annually during sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.
Thanks to Galveston Historical Foundation and hundreds of volunteers who keep her seaworthy and
train each year to sail her, Elissa and the art of 19th Century square-rigged sailing are alive and well.
http://www.galvestonhistory.org/attractions/maritime-heritage/1877-tall-ship-elissa