Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Delphin"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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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