Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Cardinal"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Cardinal |
Ex-names: | Adventure, Ger Anna |
Nation: | FRA |
Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
Year built: | 1932 |
Yard: | Scheveningen, NL |
Overall length: | 27.00 m |
Length (hull): | 21.30 m |
Breadth: | 5.05 m |
Draught: | 2.50 m |
Sail area: | 242 m2 |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 24 Aug 2002
- first she was the property of Arie Leendert, who used her under the name "Adventure".
- commissioned in the fishery and as coastal trader.
- after WWII she was used under the name "Ger Anna".
- in the 1960s she became the plattform for the pirate radio station Radio Veronica on the coast of Ireland.
- 1998 sold to Jérome Lucereau and Patric Delacroix, she is used in the charter business for daytrips and longer voyages today.