Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Providentia HF42"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2015,
05/2015
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2017,
05/2017
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2017,
05/2017
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2019,
05/2019
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2022,
05/2022
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2023,
05/2023
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Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2023,
06/2023
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Providentia HF42 |
| Ex-names: | Siv, Shell XV |
| Registered port: | Flensburg |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Type of ship: | Finkenwerder Kutter-Ewer, Gaffelketsch |
| Year built: | 1895 |
| Yard: | J. Carsten Wriede, Hamburg Finkenwerder, GER |
| Overall length: | 29.90 m |
| Length (hull): | 22.50 m |
| Breadth: | 6.00 m |
| Draught: | 2.55 m |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 190 PS |
| Engine: | Scania Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 06 Mar 2021
- 1895 built at the shipyard J. Carsten Wriede in Hamburg Finkenwerder, GER; used in the fishery in the North Sea registered as HF42 "Providentia", changing owners.
- first engine fitted in the beginning of the 1920s.
- 1923 confiscated by the Norwegean customs during smuggle, sold in an auction in Frederikstad, after this again sold to Sweden, renamed the "Shell XV", registration in Malmö, SWE.
- converted into a cargo ship, removal of the mizzen mast and jib boom, since 1930 used under new name "Siv".
- since 1960 used as diving platform and tug.
- since 1978 used for an expedition to the Arctic ocean as well as icebreaker off Stockholm, SWE.
- since the mid of the 1980s mainly privately used by a family of a Swedish paper manufacturer.
- 1993 sold to Matthias Betzold, transferred to Hamburg, begin of an exhaustive restoration and recovery of her original appearance of the hull from her time used in the fishery.
- 2012 taken over by the school Ostseeschule in Flensburg and the association HF42 "Providentia", contituation of the restoration by young people and voluntary supporters.
- April 2017 safety certification by the German authorities as traditional sailtraining ship.
- sailing trips with young people, participation in sailing events in Kiel and Flensburg, GER.
- 2019 used as floating classroom in the project "Seegang 2019" for several weeks.
Contact:
Website (deutsch, 06 Mar 2021):https://www.hf42.de/
Providentia HF42: history with many photos, target of the project, information about the operator, news, contact