Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Ella"

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Ella, Thomas Albert, Sail Bremerhaven 2005 , 08/2005

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Thomas Albert,
Sail Bremerhaven 2005,
08/2005

Ella, Volker Gries, Lütte Sail Bremerhaven 2008 , 08/2008

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Volker Gries,
Lütte Sail Bremerhaven 2008,
08/2008

Ella, Volker Gries, Sail Bremerhaven 2015 , 08/2015

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Volker Gries,
Sail Bremerhaven 2015,
08/2015

Ella, Volker Gries, Sail Bremerhaven 2015 , 08/2015

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Volker Gries,
Sail Bremerhaven 2015,
08/2015

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Ella
Ex-names:Veleda
Registered port:Bremerhaven
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:STAGSEGELSCHONER
Type of ship:Klassische Yacht
Year built:1935
Yard:Miller & Sons, St. Monance, GB
Overall length:23.80 m
Length (hull):20.70 m
Breadth:4.65 m
Draught:2.95 m
Sail area:300 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:100 PS
Engine:Mercedes OM 352

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 02 May 2021

  • built 1935 at the Scottish shipyard Millers & Sons using drawings by Frederic Shepherd on order of W.R.S. Bond, Esquire, member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, used as a private yacht.
  • christened the "Ella" for the name of the wife of the first owner.
  • participation in yacht regattas in the Solent, more than one circumnavigation of the world sailed by several owners in the time follows.
  • 1947-1952 owned by Robert Dunlop sr., Clyde Cruising Club, renamed the "Veleda" (celtic druid).
  • 1976 technical overhaul and renovation of the interior in the fore ship and pantry at the Isle of Wight.
  • 1979 sold by the shipyard owner Miller in St. Monance, "Veleda" is registered under Bermudean flag and is cruising in the Carribbean.
  • 1986 registered in Hamburg, GER and operated by a part owning company, used on worldwide voyages.
  • 1995 minor overhaul on Malta, sailing trips in the Mediterranean.
  • 1997/98 in Hamburg, in the strong winter she sunk twice at the quay.
  • 2000 purchased by a owner group from Germany, begin of her restoring using historical plans, finished in July 2005.
  • 2005 re-renamed the "Ella", registered in Bremerhaven, GER; usage as yacht on private journeys by the owners.

Last tracked position of the ship:

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Last tracked position of the ship Ella

Contact:

Website (deutsch/English, 03 Apr 2021):
http://www.ella-dakv.de/
Ella, classical yacht: a history, an original, a dream, a new crew