Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Mohawk II"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Mohawk II |
| Ex-names: | Sylvia |
| Registered port: | Oslo |
| Nation: | NOR |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Type of ship: | Bermudaketsch |
| Year built: | 1904 |
| Yard: | Stowe & Son, Shoreham, England, GBR |
| Overall length: | 29.26 m |
| Length (hull): | 24.70 m |
| Breadth: | 4.57 m |
| Draught: | 3.05 m |
| Sail area: | 300 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 67 PS |
| Engine: | Mercedes Benz |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 23 Dec 2009
- built in 1904 at the shipyard Stowe & Son in Shoreham, southern England, originally rigged as a gaff yawl, first name was "Sylvia", originally used as leisure yacht for a rich Englishman.
- built without an engine, but in about 1912 a 25 hp gasoline engine was installed.
- exchange of the lead keel by iron during World War II
- bought by Sjøkorpset Olso (Seascouts), NOR in 1952, conversion of the rigg to a Bermuda ketch, shortening of the masts, continiously considerably restored, used for sail training for young people since.
- break of the main mast during a sail trip to Skagen, DK in 1965, replacement by a shorter new mast made of laminated wood, after break of the mizzen mast in 1977 this was replaced too.
- replacement of the entire deck and the stern in 1986.
- sank after a collision with a fishing boat off Vlissingen, NL; raised and laid up for repair; transported to Fredrikstad, NOR; rebuilding in the Maritime Center Fredrikstad AS.
- 2004 foundation of the association Mohawks venner (Mohawks Friends) to assist Sjøkorpset in practical and ecomomic matters connected to restoring "Mohawk II".
Contact:
Website (norsk, 23 Dec 2009):http://fremdrift.savemohawk.com/
Mohawk II: Weblog with many pictures about the rebuilding of the ship
Website (norsk/English, 13 Jan 2007):
http://www.savemohawk.com/
Mohawk II: website of the association Mohawks Venner (Mohawk's Friends) with information about the ship, the aim of this association is to gain money and assist the restoring of the ship.