Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Birgitte"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Birgitte, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1997 , 08/1997

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1997,
08/1997

Birgitte, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1997 , 08/1997

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1997,
08/1997

Birgitte, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2001 , 08/2001

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2001,
08/2001

Birgitte, Volker Gries, Hafenfestival Lübeck 2001 , 09/2001

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hafenfestival Lübeck 2001,
09/2001

Birgitte, Volker Gries, Sail Travemünde 2005 , 08/2005

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Travemünde 2005,
08/2005

Birgitte, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2006 , 08/2006

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2006,
08/2006

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Birgitte
Ex-names:Birgitte Bruun
Registered port:Overflakke
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Gaffelketsch (Fischerei)
Year built:1957
Yard:Vildsund Skibs-og Badevaerft, Vildsund, DK
Overall length:23.65 m
Length (hull):17.65 m
Breadth:5.36 m
Draught:2.50 m
Sail area:220 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:150 PS
Engine:Perkins 6-Zyl. Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 11 Apr 2010

  • built 1957 at the Vildsund Skibs-og Badevaerft, Vildsund, DK; used in the fishery until 1981 by a 3 men crew in the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean off Greenland and dogger banks; first name "Birgitte Bruun" after the daughter of the fisherman Aage Bruun Nielsen.
  • purchased by a group of sailing enthusiasts in 1981, restored and rebuilt until 1984 to a sail training and passenger sailing vessel.
  • as part of the STAG fleet since 1984, she took part in the races to Larvik and Gothenburg in 1986, to London and Hamburg in 1989, to Sassnitz/GER in 1994 as well as the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races in the Baltic.
  • a square fock sail was added in 1996.
  • 1997 participation in the 1st Hiorten Regatta from Karlskrona to Rostock.
  • the crew offers highly experience-oriented and traditional sailing activities, especially for young handicapped people.
  • took part in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race 1998, she has to give up because of the breaking of a mast in the Atlantic.
  • 1999 renewal of the masts and rigging at the shipyard Rammin in Barth, GER.
  • 2000 renovation of the interior.
  • 2009 sold to new owners, registerred in Overflakke, NL.

Contact:

Website (deutsch, 25 Feb 2007):
http://www.birgitte.de/
Birgitte: website with information about the operator, the ship, photos, contact address

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: 77 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Monika Kludas
"Mitsegeln auf Sail-Training-Schiffen - Ein praktisches Handbuch der S.T.A.G. mit Schiffsportraits"
Nordwestdeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Bremerhaven ISBN: 3-927 857-61-0
Page: 59 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 49 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with history 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: 87 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 51 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data