Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Noorderlicht"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2018,
10/2018
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2018,
10/2018
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Noorderlicht |
| Ex-names: | Herman, Joh-Ria |
| Base port: | Harlingen |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | 3-MAST-SCHONER |
| Type of ship: | 3-Mast Klipper |
| Year built: | 1895 |
| Yard: | Wilton Feyenoord, Rotterdam, NL |
| Length: | 52.25 m |
| Breadth: | 6.13 m |
| Draught: | 1.35 m |
| Sail area: | 458 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 280 PS |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 24 Apr 2021
- built 1895 at the shipyard Wilton Feyenoord in Rotterdam, NL; used as freight and passenger transport between Rotterdam and Antwerp, BEL; first name "Herman".
- sold in the 1930s and renamed "Joh-Ria", registered in Haaren/Ems, GER; freighter and supplier for the North Sea islands (Wangerooge).
- 2003 found by the Dutchman Johan Moen, converted to be used in the charter business, commissioned in 2004, sailing area is the Dutch coast, IJsselmeer and mud-flats.