Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Nil Desperandum"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2014,
10/2014
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2022,
10/2022
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Nil Desperandum |
| Registered port: | Enkhuizen |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | 3-MAST-SCHONER |
| Type of ship: | Klipper |
| Year built: | 1894 |
| Yard: | Weduwe Duijvendijk, Papendrecht, NL |
| Length: | 36.00 m |
| Breadth: | 6.25 m |
| Draught: | 1.20 m |
| Sail area: | 435 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 250 PS |
| Engine: | DAF 1160 Turbo |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 14 Apr 2022
- built in 1894 at the Weduwe Duijvendijk shipyard in Papendrecht/NL as a 2-masted Dutch klipper for the transport of Goods on the Rhine, the Mass and the Zuiderzee, used for freight transport under sail until about 1950.
- removal of the rigging and used as a motor catrgo ship on inland waterways in Holland and Germany.
- 1992 after change of ownership, re-conversion to a sailing ship for charter trips with sailing guests, renaming in "Nil Desperandum".
Last tracked position of the ship:
Map provided by FleetMon.com
Contact:
Website (nederlands/deutsch/English, 14 Apr 2022):https://nil-desperandum.eu/new
Nil Desperandum: charter website with all information about sailing on board, photos, contact