Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Schildkröte"

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Schildkröte, Volker Gries, Greifswald , 06/2017

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Greifswald,
06/2017

Schildkröte, Volker Gries, Greifswald , 06/2017

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Greifswald,
06/2017

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Schildkröte
Registered port:Greifswald
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:TJALK
Yard:Hoogezand, NL
Length (hull):14.90 m
Breadth:3.80 m
Draught:1.10 m
Sail area:91 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:70 PS
Engine:4 Zyl. Hanomag Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 02 Jan 2022

  • probably built in 1873 at a shipyard in Hoogezand, NL as a Paviljoentjalk, first name maybe "Libra" or "Litra", (according other sources built 1898 in Vierverlaten, Groningen, NL and ex-names "Antje" and "Drie Gebroeders").
  • relocated badly damaged at the time of WWII to Stürzelberg/Dormagen, GER on the Rhine and used as Aalschokker (fishery) without engine, laid unused in the gravel bed until 1974 after the death of the owner Balthasar Rischrath.
  • acquired in 1974 by the owner G. Hartmann at a scrap price and redesigned after years of work into a recreational sailing ship, shortening of the hull to 14.9 m, renamed to "Schildkröte".
  • base port is Greifswald, GER for trips on the coast and on the Baltic Sea.