Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Aurora von Altona"

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Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2002 , 05/2002

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2002,
05/2002

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2007 , 05/2007

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2007,
05/2007

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2009 , 05/2009

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2009,
05/2009

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2012 , 05/2012

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2012,
05/2012

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2013 , 05/2013

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2016 , 05/2016

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2016,
05/2016

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2016 , 05/2016

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2016,
05/2016

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2016 , 05/2016

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2016,
05/2016

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2018 , 05/2018

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018

Aurora von Altona, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2018 , 05/2018

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Aurora von Altona
Ex-names:Hans von Kolberg, Glückauf II, Liane II
Registered port:Flensburg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Rügenwalder Kutter
Year built:1934
Yard:F. Goetz, Rügenwalde, Pommern
Overall length:18.50 m
Length (hull):12.80 m
Breadth:4.50 m
Draught:1.70 m
Sail area:110 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:59 PS
Engine:4 Zyl. Volvo Penta

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 30 Dec 1999

  • fishing-boat built in Rügenwalde under the name "Hans von Kolberg"
  • used for fishing for 10 years, 1944/45 flight of the owner's family by the ship in Western direction
  • changing owners in Schleswig, Lübeck, Büsum
  • 1955 as "Glückauf II" in North frisian waters
  • 1965 fishing boat under the name "Liane II", in bad condition and rarely used
  • laid up after several changes of the owner as a wreck at the Bieritz shipyard in Friedrichskoog
  • bought by the painter Volker Meier and since 1974 restored at the shipyard, new rigged as a cutter, 2nd launch in May 1976 as "Aurora von Altona"
  • voyages to Norway via Denmark and in the Baltic, where the ship served as a swimming atelier
  • she lies in the museums port of Flensburg today

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: 376 Source with history Source with technical data
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Stefan Lipsky, Heinz Trost
"Veteranen- und Museumsschiffe"
Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen 1997 ISBN: 3-928473-34-4
(3. umfassend erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 27 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Rainer Prüß, Gerd Büker
"Hafenblatt Museumshafen Flensburg e.V."
1995
(Heft Nr. 9, Sonderheft)
Page: 9 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

"Yacht"
Delius Klasing Verlag ISSN: 0936-7624
(http://www.delius-klasing.de/yacht/)
Page: 158 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Caroline-M. Wierig
"Gaffelkutter "Aurora von Altona""
Edition: 23/1994