Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Atalanta"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Atalanta |
Ex-names: | No1 Cuxhafen |
Registered port: | Wismar |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
Year built: | 1901 |
Yard: | Peters-Werft, Wewelsfleth, GER |
Overall length: | 36.10 m |
Length (hull): | 24.60 m |
Breadth: | 6.20 m |
Draught: | 3.10 m |
Sail area: | 479 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 200 PS |
Engine: | Deutz Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 02 Feb 2002
- built 1901 at the Peters-Werft in Wewelsfleth, used as a pilot schooner in Cuxhaven under the name "No.1 Cuxhaven" until 1929.
- sold to Travemünde/GER to an industrialist from Berlin, converted to a yacht at the Schlichtig shipyard Travemünde, new name "Atalanta"
- sold again to another private owner, purchased by the Deutscher Hochseesportverband Glücksburg/GER in 1935, use as a training ship.
- 1939 given to the training college for airmen in Lobbe on Rügen, GER.
- 1945 with refugees from Stettin to Schleswig, since 1946 she has been used as leisure ship of the Royal Air Force in Schulau, GER.
- 1950 sold to the banker Brinkmann, Wirtz & Co. (Alferra Allgemeine Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH und Co.) from Hamburg/GER, sailing trips with guests of the bank.
- 1991/92 decommissioned and laid up in Rendsburg/GER.
- 1993-94 given to the Förderverein Atalanta e.V. in Wismar/GER, start of her restauration supported by the German government, work was done by longtime unemployed people in Kirchdorf on the island Poel and in Wismar until 2001.
- today used for non-profit youth work and educational experience trips or as a charter ship for firms.
- the name "Atalanta" has its origin in the Greek mythology.
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Contact:
Website (deutsch, 17 Dec 2022):http://www.ss-atalanta.de/
Atalanta: website of the supporting group with photos of the ship, her history, technical specification, 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: 76 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: 129 Source with picture Source with history
(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: 25 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Thomas Fenske
"Die schönsten Traditionssegler in Deutschland"
Verlag Rolf Kelling-Eischeid, Kiel 1987 ISBN: 3-924381-12-7
(1. Auflage)
Page: 63 Source with picture Source with history
(kurzer beschreibender Text)
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 85 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 41 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data