Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Fulton"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Fulton, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2013 , 05/2013

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Fulton
Registered port:Marstal
Nation:DK
Type of rigging:3-MAST-SCHONER
Year built:1915
Yard:Ludvig Johansens, Marstal
Overall length:34.70 m
Length (hull):26.44 m
Breadth:6.90 m
Draught:2.50 m
Sail area:483 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:200 PS
Engine:Scania-Vabis Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 21 Dec 2000

  • built 1915 at the shipyard C.F. Johansen, Marstal/DK
  • originally used for sailing to Newfoundland (salt and dried cod)
  • engine fitted in 1923, several changes of the engine in the following years,
  • transported cement for R. Nielsen from 1960, port of registration Aalborg; last cargo voyage in 1969
  • she is now owned by the Danish National Museum, reconstruction of the ship to her appearance from 1915, acts as a museum ship demonstrating the traditional life and work of seafarers at the turn of the century
  • youth work involving adventure pursuits
  • regularly takes part in the Fyn-rundt Regatta

Contact:

Website (dansk/English, 11 Jan 2011):
http://www.fulton.dk/
Fulton: the foundation and school, info about the ship, activities, 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: 58 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 74 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

Ingrid Schmidt
"Maritime Oldtimer, Museumsschiffe aus 4 Jahrhunderten"
Edition Leipzig 1986
Page: 63 Source with history Source with technical data

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

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 68 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data