Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Queen Galadriel"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Queen Galadriel
Ex-names:Else, Else of Thisted
Registered port:Ipswich
Nation:GBR
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Gaffelketsch
Year built:1937
Yard:J. Ring Andersen Werft, Svendborg, DK
Overall length:31.70 m
Length (hull):22.90 m
Breadth:6.80 m
Draught:2.10 m
Sail area:230 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:200 PS
Engine:Cummins

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 07 Jan 2001

  • built as a merchant ketch at the famous Danish J. Ring Andersen shipyard in Svendborg, this is a typical example of a Baltic Sea ship from the first half of this century
  • transported various commodities such as coal and grain across the Baltic and along the Danish and Norwegian coast
  • later used as a motor coaster by various owners, finally along the coastline of America
  • in 1974 she sank and was salvaged then, sold to the Cirdan Sailing Trust in England in 1983, who re-rigged her
  • in 1984 she was put into service as a training ship for young people
  • charter ship also accommodating individuals, sailing the North Sea, English coastline and the English Channel

Contact:

Website (English, 07 Feb 2010):
http://www.cirdansailing.com/
The Cirdan Sailing Trust: website of the operator with photos, data and history of their ships, contact address, info about the trusts and booking info

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.

Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 138 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 151 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: 160 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 153 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

"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: 166 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data