Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Helene"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hamburg,
02/2023
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hamburg,
02/2023
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Helene |
| Registered port: | Hamburg |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of ship: | Tjalk |
| Year built: | 1906 |
| Yard: | J.G. Wortelboer, Oude Pekela, NL |
| Length (hull): | 16.70 m |
| Breadth: | 4.10 m |
| Draught: | 1.20 m |
| Sail area: | 100 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 08 Mar 2024
- built in 1906 at the shipyard of J.G. Wortelboer, Oude Pekela/NL for the German skipper Peter Heinrich Höncke from Münsterdorf/GER.
- used in freight transport for the cement and lime factories on the Breitenburger Canal at Münsterdorf and Lägerdorf/GER, coal transport from Hamburg/GER, alumina from the Stör or the Krückau.
- approx. 1930 extension by 6 meters and equipped with Kromhout glow-head engine (22 HP).
- acquired in 1967 by Ulrich Scholz and used as a houseboat in Wischhafen/GER for the next 28 years.
- 1995 dismantling and restoration, major overhaul of the hull and restoration of the original hull length, equipped with new engine, from 1997 registered in the Oevelgönne museum harbor (Hamburg/GER), often based in Wischhafen during the summer months.
Contact:
Website (deutsch, 09 Mar 2024):https://www.museumshafen-oevelgoenne.de/mitfahren/helene/new
Helene: history, a photo, specification and contact