Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Viking"

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Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2000 , 06/2000

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000

Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2002 , 05/2002

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2002,
05/2002

Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2009 , 05/2009

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2009,
05/2009

Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2010 , 05/2010

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2010,
05/2010

Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2017 , 05/2017

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2017,
05/2017

Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2018 , 05/2018

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018

Viking, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2018 , 05/2018

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018

Viking, 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:Viking
Registered port:Svendborg
Nation:DK
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Zollkreuzer
Year built:1897
Yard:F. N. Hansen, Odense, DK
Length (hull):13.71 m
Breadth:4.26 m
Draught:2.28 m
Sail area:115 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:45 PS

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Sep 2000

  • built by F.N. Hansen in Odense/DK as a customer`s ship in 1897
  • 1904 sold to Helsingborg/SWE, rebuilt to a yacht and privately used
  • 1916 sold to Esbjerg/DK, the intended conversion to a fishing-boat was not realized
  • 1917 bought by the new owner Müller Petersen from Svendborg, who privately used the ship, the last owner of the Peterson family intended to burn down the ship first after her death but the she changed her opinion and gave the ship to the Svendborg Museum
  • 1979 change of the ship to the Svendborg Museum