Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Kong Bele"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2015,
05/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2015,
05/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Kong Bele |
| Ex-names: | Dryaden, König Bele |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Year built: | 1879 |
| Yard: | Lautrups Boatyard, Copenhagen, DK |
| Overall length: | 12.70 m |
| Breadth: | 3.90 m |
| Draught: | 2.00 m |
| Sail area: | 148 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 170 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 May 2016
- built in 1879 at Lautrups Boatyard in Copenhagen, DK as a cutter-rigged inspection vessel.
- decommissioned in 1925 and used for regatta sailing by German sailors, replacement of the gaff rig by new modern bermuda sails.
- 1929 taken over by the German Erich Warburg and Wolfgang Rittmeister from Hamburg, GER; renamed the "König Bele"; used as private yacht operating from Kiel, GER to sail to Scandinavian waters.
- in 1938, when the Warburg family left Germany to the USA, the ship was brought to Stockholm; renamed the "Kong Bele", so she survived the WW II.
- in the 1950s return to Germany, general overhaul and renewal of the interior by the owner Max M. Warburg, used to sail to Scandinavia and Scottland.
- 1994/1995 total refit done by the Walsted shipyard at the island Thurø, DK; rigged with a gaff rig again.