Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Lun II"

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Volker Gries,
Temps Fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps Fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps Fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Temps Fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018

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Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Douarnenez 2024,
07/2024

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Douarnenez 2024,
07/2024

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Last update: 28 Jun 2026

• built in 1914 in Ålesund, Norway, for coastal transport duties.
• converted for fishing in 1934; fitted with an engine as the main propulsion system; changed owners several times; renamed "Lun II".
• underwent extensive modernisation in 1952; retired from fishing service in 1976.
• acquired by private owners in 1982; restored and re-rigged as a gaff ketch at the Danish Ring Andersen shipyard in Svendborg; used privately for long-distance voyages and as a live-aboard vessel in Ensenada, Mexico, from 1996 onwards.
• purchased by Frenchman Ulysse Buquen in 2015; underwent further restoration and conversion for cargo transport completed in 2016; chartered by TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT); returned to France and used for the maritime transport of various goods under sail.
• occasionally participates in regional sailing events to promote the concept of cargo transport via sailing vessels.
• chartered in 2022/23 for an expedition along the Norwegian coast and into Arctic waters; subsequently put up for sale.
• acquired by Les Frères de la Côte in 2025; used for cargo transport under sail for products such as cocoa, coffee, rum, spices, or olive oil.