Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Dagny"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hafenfestival Lübeck 2001,
09/2001
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Dagny |
| Registered port: | Neustadt |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Year built: | 1897 |
| Yard: | R. Petersen, Nyköbing, DK |
| Length: | 14.63 m |
| Breadth: | 4.77 m |
| Draught: | 1.63 m |
| Sail area: | 130 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 90 PS |
| Engine: | Scania |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 05 Jan 2022
- built and launched in 1897 in Nyköbing/Falster, DK construction by the Danish ship designer Benzon.
- cargo freighter for grain, later used for dredge stones.
- 1915 fitted with the first engine, 1960 the present engine was installed.
- 1972 rigged as a ketch, used for cruising with guests.
- since 1999 owned by the family Haack from Neustadt/GER (at all there were 14 different owners), privately used.
- sank in the habour of Neustadt/GER in September 2014, lifted after 2 weeks.
- in November 2014 taken over by the Lübeck doctor and therapist Bernd Ahrens, who planed to refurbish the ship and to be used as an information center and platform to help young people at risk of suicide, later transfer to Lübeck/GER.
- the lack of project funds finally led to the scrapping in 2017.