Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Mildred"
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Source, location, date:
Gerd Krahmann,
Rum-Regatta,
k.A. / unknown
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2002,
05/2002
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2008,
05/2008
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2016,
05/2016
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Mildred |
| Ex-names: | Turf |
| Registered port: | Möltenort |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Falmouth Working Boat |
| Year built: | 1898 |
| Yard: | Stephen Brabyn, Falmouth River / Calenick Creek, GBR |
| Overall length: | 13.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 9.14 m |
| Breadth: | 3.10 m |
| Draught: | 1.80 m |
| Sail area: | 74 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 09 Jun 2023
- built 1898 north of Falmouth/GBR by Stephen Brabyn's shipyard on a branch of the river Fal at the Calenick Creek as an oyster fishing boat for the fishermen Ernest and William Thomas Gray, they named the boat "Mildred" after their sister.
- fished due to legal regulations under sail only, the use of engine power was and is prohibited on the oyster beds.
- sold to another Falmouth fisherman in 1906.
- moved to Shoreham/GBR by the owner Northeast around 1930, as a member of the Sussex Yacht Club he sailed her until about 1964, then abandoned at the harbor pier and affected by weather and vandalism.
- acquired by Mark Lingard in 1965 and beginning of a restoration, sailed until 1971.
- after sale in 1971 without use and deterioration of the boat, finally around 1972 grounded on a flat spot on river bank at Shoreham/GBR.
- acquired in 1975 by Paul Fowle, who later lived on board for a while, first lifted and restored, fitted with a new rigging with a new mast.
- 1983 sold to Nigel MacMillan in Brighton/GBR, used for day trips.
- 1987 sold to Germany to Andreas and Peter Köpke, registration in Kiel/GER with the new name "Turf", renovation of deck, bulwark, cabin roof, gaff, jib boom, some frames and also the complete interior within 4 years, sailed trips on the Baltic and North Seas, renamed "Mildred" in 1990.
Contact:
Website (deutsch, 03 Apr 2021):http://www.mildred.de/
Mildred: photos of the ship and crew, history and data of the ship