Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Dyrafield"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Dyrafield, Werner Jurkowski, New York , 07/1992

Source, location, date:
Werner Jurkowski,
New York,
07/1992

Dyrafield, Kristina Puck, Stockholm, Cutty Sark 2000 , 07/2000

Source, location, date:
Kristina Puck,
Stockholm, Cutty Sark 2000,
07/2000

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Dyrafield
Ex-names:Anna Kristina
Registered port:Oslo
Nation:NOR
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Gaffelgetakelte Toppsegelketsch
Year built:1890/1981
Yard:Utistua på Neslandet, Stangvik, NOR
Overall length:33.50 m
Length (hull):23.00 m
Breadth:6.40 m
Draught:2.60 m
Sail area:416 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:225 PS
Engine:Volvo TMD 100A

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 06 Apr 2005

  • keel laid down in Stangvik (Norway) in 1889-90, christened the "Dyrafjeld", used as a trading cargo ship along the coast of north Norway and Russia
  • 1977 sold to Dutch owners, restored 1978-81 as the Hardanger "Jakt"
  • charter ship for pleasure trips in the fiords
  • world tour from Portsmouth to Sydney in 1987 on the occasion of the bicentenary celebrations in Australia, took part in the parade of sail in Sydney in 1988
  • then sailed as a charter ship in the waters of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific
  • returned to Southern Europe in 1991 with charter trips between the Canary Islands
  • took part in the Grand Columbus Regatta in 1992
  • returned to Norway in 1993 to operate charter trips along the Swedish and Norwegian coastlines
  • since 1999 she has Norwegian owners again
  • 2000 participation in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race in the Baltic Sea Gdansk, Helsingfors, Åland and Stockholm.
  • 2002-04 general overhaul at the Hansen & Arntzens Båtbyggeri, Stathelle.
  • renamed the "Dyrafjeld" again

Contact:

Website (norsk/parts in English, 03 Jan 2011):
http://www.dyrafjeld.no/
Dyrafield: website of the ship with information about her use, her history and restauration, many 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: 251 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: 30 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 34 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

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 25 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 281 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data