Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Karoline Svane"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2024,
05/2024
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2024,
05/2024
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Karoline Svane |
| Ex-names: | Karla |
| Registered port: | Svendborg |
| Base port: | Rudkøbing |
| Nation: | DK |
| Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
| Year built: | 1885 |
| Yard: | Humlebæk, DK |
| Sail area: | 138 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 130 PS |
| Engine: | Deutz Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 08 Apr 2025
- built in 1885 in Humlebæk, Denmark, for fishing and fish transport, based in Frederikshavn, Denmark, she sailed between Bornholm and the Danish coast primarily with cargoes of cod.
- first equipped with a marine engine (12 hp) in 1907.
- based in Skagen, Denmark under the name "Karla" for many years.
- from 1935, home port was Ballen on the island of Samsø, Denmark; owner Kaj Lykke Hansen commissioned a conversion for general cargo transport in Løgstør, Denmark; originally rigged as a schooner, she was converted into a gaff ketch.
- 1961 an overhaul and restoration began, which was not completed for a long time.
- 2018 acquired by the "Foreningen Karoline Svane" association, and the restoration to her original 1885 condition was resumed, rigged as a schooner, since 2023 she has been used for sailing trips along the Danish coast.