Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Vanadis"

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Vanadis, Eignerfoto, k.A. / unknown , k.A. / unknown

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Eignerfoto,
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Vanadis, Eignerfoto, k.A. / unknown , k.A. / unknown

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Eignerfoto,
k.A. / unknown,
k.A. / unknown

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1999 , 08/1999

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1999,
08/1999

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1999 , 08/1999

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1999,
08/1999

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2000 , 06/2000

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000

Vanadis, Kristina Puck, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Kristina Puck,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2000,
08/2000

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2002 , 08/2002

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2002,
08/2002

Vanadis, Volker Gries, Kieler Woche 2005 , 06/2005

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Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2005,
06/2005

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Vanadis
Ex-names:Valdivia von Altona
Registered port:Hamburg
Base port:Flensburg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:SCHONER
Type of ship:Neufundlandschoner
Year built:1868
Yard:Södra Varvet, Stockholm, SWE
Overall length:29.00 m
Length (hull):20.00 m
Breadth:5.15 m
Draught:2.80 m
Sail area:283 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:105 PS
Engine:Daimler Benz OM 352

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 15 Feb 2003

  • built after plans by K.C. Agerskov at the Stora Varvet, called Södra Varvet, in Stockholm as racing yacht for the schnapps manufacturer Edvard Cederlund in 1868, lauched as the "Vanadis", the Newfoundland schooners and racing yachts competiting on the Isle of Wight for the Ameica's Cup since 1851 have been the model of this ship.
  • used as a private racing yacht for about 30 years.
  • Cederlund donated "Vanadis" in 1897 to the Royal Swedish Navy, used for courier and pilot services and due to her fastness hunting smugglers on the Swedish coast.
  • 1898/99 participation in an expedition and circumnavigation of the world, according unconfirmed rumor she has been the leisure yacht of the Swedish crown prince in this time.
  • until 1914 exclusively used by officers of the navy before non-commissioned could use her too from 1915.
  • 1920 overhaul after plans of the "Igenjördepartementet Kungl. Flottansvarv Stockholm", before she was given together with the schooner "Albatros" to the Royal Swedish Yacht Club in 1925.
  • in winter 1939/40 sold to the private owner L. Lenmor, who studied shipbuilding in this time and earned some money during vacation.
  • further she changes the owner 4 times, before "Vanadis" came to Germany in 1956 and was renamed the "Valdivia", 1956 fitted with the first engine.
  • 1978-81 restored true to the original abstaining any luxury.
  • she was based in Flensburg then belonging to the local museum port
  • 2003 sold to a shipyard owner of Rendsburg who intended to overhaul her, renamed the "Vanadis" again

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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.

Thomas Fenske
"Die schönsten Traditionssegler in Deutschland"
Verlag Rolf Kelling-Eischeid, Kiel 1987 ISBN: 3-924381-12-7
(1. Auflage)
Page: 83 Source with picture Source with history
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 107 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Axel Strothmann, Florian Müller, Alexander Nürnber
"Schwimmende Museen"
Band 3 Holzschiffbau, Verlag Rolf Kelling-Eischeid, Kiel 1989 ISBN: 3-924381-22-4
(2. Auflage)
Page: 137 Source with picture Source with history
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with technical data Quelle with contact

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

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 188 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Arne Koslowski (Hrsg.)
"classics"
KardesH-Verlag 2006 ISBN: 3-938314-02-8
(http://www.kardesh.de/)
Page: 30 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Harro Koch
"Vanadis"