Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Tres Hombres"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Tres Hombres |
Ex-names: | Seeadler |
Registered port: | Freetown |
Base port: | Den Helder |
Nation: | Sierra Leone |
Type of rigging: | BRIGANTINE |
Year built: | 1943 |
Yard: | Burmester, Swinemünde, PL |
Overall length: | 32.00 m |
Length (hull): | 25.00 m |
Breadth: | 6.40 m |
Draught: | 3.00 m |
Sail area: | 315 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Komposit / Composite |
Engine: | keine/none |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 17 Jul 2014
- built in 1943 as a fishing cutter but intended for military support purposes at a shipyard in Swinemünde.
- after 1945 converted to a real fishing cutter and used under the name "Seeadler" in the Bay of Kiel.
- 1979 sold to Ireland, until 1984 used as a ferry between Rossaveel and the Aran islands.
- 1986 towed to Delft, NL and without use.
- 2007 rediscovered by Andreas Lackner, Arjen van der Veen and Jorne Langelaan, conversion into a sailing cargo ship, rigged as a brigantine, removal of the engine, renamed the "Tres Hombres".
- since 2009 she transports cargo on a route between Europe, South and Central America and islands in the Atlantic.
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Contact:
Website (English/deutsch/español/français, 11 Mar 2023):http://fairtransport.eu/
Tres Hombres: website of the operator with offers for transporting goods, the philosophy of fair and environmentally friendly transport, photos of the ship, contact