. "Asgard II"@en . . "26.6"^^ . . "Sank, 11 September 2008,Bay of Biscay" . "Asgard II was the Irish national sail training vessel, until she sank in the Bay of Biscay in 2008. A brigantine, she was commissioned on 7 March 1981 and purpose-built as a sail training vessel by Jack Tyrrell in Arklow, County Wicklow. She was named after the Asgard, a yacht which smuggled weapons for the Irish Volunteers in 1914.The vessel was owned by the Irish state and operated by Coiste an Asgard (a founding member of Sail Training International)."@en . "1981-03-07Z"^^ . . . .