Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Johann Smidt"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Johann Smidt |
Ex-names: | Eendracht |
Registered port: | Bremen |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
Type of ship: | Gaffelschoner |
Year built: | 1974 |
Yard: | Cammenga Werft Amsterdam, NL |
Overall length: | 35.94 m |
Length (hull): | 32.39 m |
Breadth: | 8.03 m |
Draught: | 3.64 m |
Sail area: | 548 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 400 PS |
Engine: | GM Detroit Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 02 Jan 2023
- built in Amsterdam/NL by the Cammenga shipyard in 1974, launched under the name "Eendracht" as a sail training ship for Holland, operated by the owner "Het Zeilend Zeeschip".
- took part in many regattas including Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races and crossed the Atlantic several times.
- 1989 sold to Clipper "Deutsches Jugendwerk zur See", renamed to "Johann Smidt" after a Lord Mayor from Bremen/GER in the 19th century.
- in summer she sails in the Baltic Sea, winter time she usually spents in the Canaries or Baleares.
- from 2007 used during the winter by the High Seas High School project a German grammar school for experiential educational work with trips to the Caribbean.
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (deutsch, 02 Jan 2023):https://www.clipper-djs.org/johann-smidtnew
Johann Smidt: information about the ship at the website of the owner and operator, specification, photos, contact
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 96 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 90 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Giancarlo Schiavoni
"Unter Segeln, die grossen Windjammer auf den Weltmeeren"
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1994 ISBN: 3-7822-0605-3
(ital. Originalausgabe: "La nave a vela")
Page: 97 Source with picture
(ex-Name Eendracht)
Monika Kludas
"Mitsegeln auf Sail-Training-Schiffen - Ein praktisches Handbuch der S.T.A.G. mit Schiffsportraits"
Nordwestdeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Bremerhaven ISBN: 3-927 857-61-0
Page: 78 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 92 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 98 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 103 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data