Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Roter Teufel"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2008,
08/2008
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2008,
08/2008
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2010,
08/2010
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2010,
08/2010
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Roter Teufel |
| Ex-names: | Twekamp af Elbogen |
| Registered port: | Västerås |
| Nation: | SWE |
| Type of rigging: | HANSEKOGGE |
| Year built: | 1998-2003 |
| Yard: | Malmö, SWE |
| Overall length: | 28.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 18.40 m |
| Breadth: | 8.00 m |
| Draught: | 2.40 m |
| Sail area: | 225 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 230 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 20 Sep 2009
- 1998 start of the project of the Museum of Foteviken together with the town of Malmö, SWE to build two cogs in Malmö harbor based on the wreck found in 1991 in the Öresund outside Skanör. baptised the "Twekamp af Elbogen" and the "Enighet af Elbogen".
- 2007 visit of Helsingör, DEN and Halmstad, SWE and on another voyage Vordingborg, DEN.
- 2008 visit of the German Hanseatic towns Lübeck, Wismar and Rostock during the anual Hanse Sail, together with other medival ships she participated in the 3rd meeting of Hanseatic cogs.
- name "Twekamp af Elbogen" means "Duel of Malmö", Elbogen was the German name of Malmö in Sweden during the Hanseatic time.
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (på svenska, 04 Jun 2026):https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roter_Teufel
Roter Teufel: description of the ship in the Swedish encyclopedia