Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Delphin"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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

Source, location, date:
Thomas Albert,
Sail Bremerhaven 2005,
08/2005

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Delphin
Ex-names:Adler
Registered port:Westrhauderfehn
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Ostfriesische Torfmutte
Year built:1930
Yard:Wiese, Westrhauderfehn, GER
Length:19.00 m
Breadth:4.00 m
Draught:0.90 m
Sail area:120 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:85 PS
Engine:Mercedes OM364

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 19 May 2025

  • built 1930 in Westrhauderfehn, GER; first name "Adler".
  • frisian so-called Torfmutte, a cargo ship to transport peat and building materials through the channels of Friesland, at the Leda and Ems.
  • she was sunk to protect her during the WW II, used as a cargo ship after the war again until the 1950s.
  • 1961 saved from being scapped, reconstruction for private use and maintenance as museum ship in Hamburg Oevelgönne and later in the Finkenwärder Gaffel-Consortium Hamburg, GER.
  • 2015 change of ownership and return to home port of Westrhauderfehn, GER.
  • November 2014 - March 2015 completely overhauled at the Bültjer shipyard in Ditzum, GER; continuesly improvements of her condition.

Contact:

Website (deutsch, 19 May 2025):
https://torfmutte-westrhauderfehn.de/new
Torfmutte Delphin: some data, photos, news about her restoring by the owner

Website (deutsch, 19 May 2025):
https://www.torfmutte.de/new
Torfmutte Delphin: information about the ship with photos by the former owner from Hamburg