Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Albin Köbis"

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Albin Köbis, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2000,
08/2000

Albin Köbis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Albin Köbis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Albin Köbis, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2009 , 08/2009

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009

Albin Köbis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2011 , 06/2011

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2011,
06/2011

Albin Köbis, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2022 , 08/2022

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2022,
08/2022

Albin Köbis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2023 , 05/2023

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2023,
05/2023

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Albin Köbis
Ex-names:Karl Krull
Registered port:Kiel
Base port:Flensburg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Year built:1948
Yard:Schiffswerft "Gustav Sanitz", Barth, GER
Overall length:24.50 m
Length (hull):17.65 m
Breadth:5.00 m
Draught:2.20 m
Sail area:240 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:140 PS
Engine:Cummins 6 BTD

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 23 Dec 2021

  • built 1948 at the shipyard "Gustav Sanitz" (former shipyard "Holzerland") in Barth/GER as a fishing-boat, completion in Stralsund in October 1948, after that she was probably used as SAS 86 respectively WIS 109 "Karl Krull" in the fishery of the GDR until the 1970s.
  • 1979 sold to Western germany to the organisation Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterjugend for use in their projects, registered in Kiel, GER; voyages un the Western Baltic Sea.
  • 1985-90 converted to a sailing ship, rigged as a well sailing gaff ketch
  • offers charter and day trips today.
  • 2020 taken over by new owners, Flensburg, GER becomes the new baseport
  • named for Albin Köbis, who was a leader of the 1917 sailor's revolt in Wilhelmshafen, together with Max Reichpietsch he fighted for peaces and social justice.

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Last tracked position of the ship Albin Köbis

Contact:

Website (deutsch, 23 Dec 2021):
http://www.albinkoebis.de/
Albin Köbis: the ship, schedules, photos, and contact address

Literature for further reading:

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Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 70 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: 80 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 23 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data