Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Älva"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Älva
Registered port:Stockholm
Nation:SWE
Type of rigging:3-MAST-SCHONER
Year built:1939
Yard:Lödöse Shipyard, Lödöse, SWE
Overall length:52.00 m
Length (hull):43.65 m
Breadth:7.22 m
Draught:3.63 m
Sail area:590 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:400 PS
Engine:Caterpillar

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 29 Apr 2012

  • built at the Lödöse shipyard next to Gothenburg in Sweden in 1939 as a 3-masted schooner with Bermuda rig, used as a sailing cargo vessel.
  • lengthened in Bremerhaven, GER in 1951.
  • converted to a charter vessel between 1989-1997.

Last tracked position of the ship:

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Last tracked position of the ship Älva

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 290 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 323 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anders Djerf
"Kulturarv under Segel, Levande segelfartygstradition i Sverige"
Sveriges Segelfartygsförening 2007 ISBN: 91-973000-6-3
Page: 253 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact