Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Isefjord"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Isefjord
Ex-names:Skagen, Minna, Amager
Registered port:Kopenhagen
Nation:DK
Type of rigging:SCHONER
Year built:1874
Yard:H.V.Buhl's Værft, Frederikshavn, DK
Overall length:25.00 m
Length (hull):17.50 m
Breadth:4.30 m
Draught:2.00 m
Sail area:320 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:65 PS
Engine:BUKH Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 10 Dec 2001

  • is regarded as the oldest operational schooner in Denmark.
  • built in Frederikshavn in 1874, the ship previously transported freight between Copenhagen and Jtland and other ports in Norway, Sweden and Iceland, first name was "Skagen".
  • 1892 new owner Jens Kristian Jensen, from Copenhagen, DK
  • the freighter went to Esbjerg in 1902, where she was converted and had several owners.
  • since 1920 under the new name "Minna", owner was Ole Olsen, registered in Thisted, DK, until 1935.
  • sunk in 1936, the ship was later salvaged, converted and then operated as a wreck fishing vessel called "Amager" between 1938-39 and later "Isefjord", registered in Lynæs.
  • during World War II, the schooner transported emigrants, gunpowder and ammunition between Denmark and Sweden for the resistance, owner until 1950 was Valdemar Jensen.
  • following de-commissioning in 1971, the ship was re-designed, has been used since then by owner Erik Gyldenkrone-Rysensteen for adventure trips in the Baltic, homeported in Vest Vildsund and later in Copenhagen.
  • visited great sail events like Baltic Sail 1996.
  • in about 2000 she sank in Fjellerup harbour, was salvaged and laid up at Fjellerup Strand.
  • in 2001 she was brought to a shipyard in Hobro, DK for repair, owner is Thorkild Kristensen of Aalborg.

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.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 62 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

"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

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 72 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data