Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Belle Amie"
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Volker Gries,
Haikutter Regatta 2019,
08/2019
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Volker Gries,
Haikutter Regatta 2019,
08/2019
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Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2021,
09/2021
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2022,
08/2022
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Hanse Sail Rostock 2022,
08/2022
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Hanse Sail Rostock 2022,
08/2022
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2022,
08/2022
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2023,
05/2023
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2023,
05/2023
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2023,
08/2023
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2023,
08/2023
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2023,
08/2023
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Volker Gries,
Haikutter Regatta 2024,
08/2024
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Volker Gries,
Haikutter Regatta 2024,
08/2024
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2025,
08/2025
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2025,
08/2025
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Belle Amie |
| Ex-names: | Wilhelmina Klein, Maria Catharina, Helga, Prins Axel |
| Registered port: | Glückstadt |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Type of ship: | Logger |
| Year built: | 1916 |
| Yard: | Gebr. van den Windt, Vlaardingen, NL |
| Overall length: | 38.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 27.00 m |
| Breadth: | 6.29 m |
| Draught: | 2.82 m |
| Sail area: | 380 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 320 PS |
| Engine: | Scania |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 27 Apr 2025
- built in 1915 at the Van den Windt shipyard in Vlaardingen/NL as a fishing ship, first name was "Wilhelmina Klein", registration in IJmuiden/NL under number IJM240.
- 1917 sale and registration in Katwijk to Zee/NL under number KW70, new name "Maria Catharina".
- 1927 sold to Hamburg/GER to Heinrich Wilhelm Ritscher, equipped with a ship's engine (50 hp).
- a little later sold to Sweden to Johan Hilding Mattson from Hovenäset and renamed "Helga".
- 1934 takeover by Emilius Henriksson, relocation to Gothenburg/SWE, renamed "Prins Axel", equipped with a new engine (79 hp), from then on used as a cargo ship on the Swedish east coast and to Danish port cities.
- 1968 change of ownership, taken over by Sören Petterson and Harald Johansson from Göteborg/SWE; renaming "Belle Amie", conversion to a charter and training ship and for rides with sailing guests.
- from 1974 owned by the municipality of Danderyd in Stockholm/SWE, used as a training ship by a Swedish Maritime School.
- change of ownership, registered in Glückstadt/GER since 2019, used for sailing trips for groups, daytrips and longer, mainly sailing in the Baltic Sea.
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Contact:
Website (deutsch, 22 Apr 2024):https://logger-belle-amie.de/new
Logger Belle Amie: sailing offers, information about the ship with history and data, 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.
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 48 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 history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Anders Djerf
"Kulturarv under Segel, Levande segelfartygstradition i Sverige"
Sveriges Segelfartygsförening 2007 ISBN: 91-973000-6-3
Page: 62 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact