Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Dageraad"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Klipperrace 2019,
10/2019
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Klipperrace 2019,
10/2019
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Klipperrace 2019,
10/2019
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Dageraad |
| Ex-names: | Onderneming |
| Registered port: | Lemmer |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Type of ship: | Klipper |
| Year built: | 1910 |
| Yard: | Van Duivendijk, Lekkerkerk, NL |
| Length (hull): | 41.70 m |
| Breadth: | 7.20 m |
| Draught: | 1.20 m |
| Sail area: | 710 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 300 PS |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 13 May 2025
- built in 1910 at the Van Duyvendijk shipyard in Lekkerkerk as a two-masted clipper for the transport of sugar beets, sand, and gravel in Zeeland and South Holland, initially named "Onderneming".
- 1928 installation of the first engine (105 hp), removal of the rigging, construction of a wheelhouse on deck, transport of general cargo on the Rhine, from 1936 onwards again transporting sand in Zeeland and South Holland.
- 1939 replacement of the engine (120 hp).
- confiscated by Germany in 1942, after World War II in 1957 renewal of the wheelhouse, construction of a deckhouse, and various modernisations.
- decommissioned in 1967 in Gorinchem, NL.
- 1970 change of ownership, conversion and re-rigging for sailing trips with guests, renamed "Dageraad", since 1982 use as a Charter vessel.
- change of ownership in 2014, continued use for charter trips with sailing guests, home port of Lemmer, Netherlands and sailing area is the IJsselmeer and Wadden Sea.
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (nederlands/deutsch, 13 May 2025):http://www.dageraad.com/new
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