Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Lotos"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Lotos |
Ex-names: | Haugland, Sonnodd, Mo, Laredo, Red Herring |
Registered port: | Zevenhoven |
Nation: | NL |
Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
Type of ship: | Gaffelketsch |
Year built: | 1910 |
Yard: | Isaac Figee, Vlaardingen, NL |
Overall length: | 36.00 m |
Length (hull): | 27.00 m |
Breadth: | 6.50 m |
Draught: | 2.70 m |
Sail area: | 446 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 320 PS |
Engine: | Iveco |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 29 May 2021
- built 1910 as a saillugger in Vlaardingen, launched on May 4th, 1910.
- used for fishing herring in the North Sea until 1929 using only sail power and a donkey winch to haul in the nets.
- after years laid up she came to Norway in 1939, where she was fitted with an engine and used as a freighter in the fjords; carried the names "Lotos", "Haugland", "Sonnodd", "Mo", "Laredo" and "Red Herring".
- 1993 return to the Netherlands, restoration by her Dutsch owners since 1996, renamed "Lotos".
- participated the Sail Antwerp and the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race 2001, Sail Brest/Douarnenez 2004 and 2008.
- sold in autumn 2009, privately used then.