Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Southern Swan"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Southern Swan |
| Ex-names: | Mathilde, Pacific, H.C.Andersen, Svanen, Our Svanen |
| Base port: | Sydney |
| Nation: | AUSTRALIA |
| Type of rigging: | BARKENTINE |
| Year built: | 1922 |
| Yard: | K. Andersen, Frederikssund, DK |
| Overall length: | 39.60 m |
| Length (hull): | 27.40 m |
| Breadth: | 7.20 m |
| Draught: | 2.90 m |
| Sail area: | 548 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 250 PS |
| Engine: | Caterpillar |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 19 Feb 2012
- built as a gaff schooner for Baltic trade, has often changed her owner and name, originally named "Mathilde", since 1926 "Pacific", since 1930 "H.C.Andersen" and since 1938 "Svanen".
- sailed as a malt cargo vessel for the Tuborg brewery for a long time until 1969.
- restored at a Danish yard in the seventies and rigged as a barkentine.
- brought to British Columbia via the West Indies and Panama in 1978 and chartered for a long period by the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets from 1980, (several training trips with officer cadets).
- has participated in many sailing meetings and races, including the Tall Ships Race 1982 from Philadelphia to Portugal; 1986 participated the World Exposition on Transportation and Communicationin in Vancouver; sailed the Australian Bicentennial First Fleet Re-Enactment from England to Australia in 1988
- later owned by an Australian businessman and could be chartered for whale watching trips and port tours under the name "Our Svanen".
- in about 2009 sold to Capt. Marty Woods, David and Alison Warne, renamed the "Southern Swan", offered for sailing out of Sydney.
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: 36 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 148 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Giancarlo Schiavoni
"Unter Segeln, die grossen Windjammer auf den Weltmeeren"
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1994 ISBN: 3-7822-0605-3
(ital. Originalausgabe: "La nave a vela")
Page: 158 Source with picture
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 176 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
(ex-Name Svanen)
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 242 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
(unter dem Namen "Svanen")
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
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: 42 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data