Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Marilyn Anne"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Marilyn Anne
Ex-names:Frem, Vestvåg, Vest
Registered port:Struer
Nation:DK
Type of rigging:3-MAST-SCHONER
Year built:1919
Yard:E. Eriksen, Marstal, DK
Overall length:38.16 m
Length (hull):29.16 m
Breadth:7.60 m
Draught:2.70 m
Sail area:479 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:256 PS
Engine:Scania Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 May 2000

  • built in 1919 as Marstal-Schooner for fishing the waters around Newfoundland (Denmark-Portugal-Newfoundland-Iceland-Denmark), in the Mediterranean and the South American waters
  • 1939 sold to Skaerhamm in Sweden and new name "Vestvåg", used as sailing cargo ship to transport cement, coal and wood in the north of Europe and during WWII in the Baltic Sea, after the war as fishing boat around Iceland
  • 1958 back to Denmark and the new name was "Vest"
  • 1968 sold to Los Angeles, her new and present name became "Marilyn Anne", the project of restoration was given up in 1977
  • 1978 purchased by the local authorities of Struer, reconstruction until 1985 to a school ship to offer students older than 15 years attending primary school, a way of school which is an alternativ to the ordinary primary school

Contact:

Website (dansk, 02 Mar 2011):
http://www.marilyn-anne.dk/
Marilyn Anne: website of the ship with short history, technical data, photos, contact address, info about the school

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: 67 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: 77 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data