Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Activ"
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Name: | Activ |
Ex-names: | Svendborg, Mona |
Registered port: | London |
Nation: | GBR |
Type of rigging: | 3-MAST-TOPPSEGELSCHONER |
Year built: | 1951 |
Yard: | J. Ring Andersen Werft, Svendborg, DK |
Overall length: | 42.00 m |
Length (hull): | 30.00 m |
Breadth: | 7.20 m |
Draught: | 3.35 m |
Sail area: | 640 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 250 PS |
Engine: | 6 Zyl. Scania Vabis Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 12 Sep 2001
- she is one of the last big vessels built of oak and in traditional design, shipyard is J.-Ring Andersen in Svendborg, the first owner R.P. Soerensen used the motor coaster for voyages to Greenland, first name was "Mona".
- caused by the vessel's construction and a ice plating the ship is able to navigate in Arctic waters.
- 1953-64 owned by A.E. Soerensen and "Svendborg" became the new ship's name
- 1964-76 owner E. Soerensen and registered in Hadsund/DK, 1968 renamed the "Activ", after 1976 several changes of the owner, finally the Baltic Schooner Company Ltd. based in St. Peter Port/Guernsey and later in London became the owner and operator.
- between 1977-80 she was restored in Troense by Michael Kiersgaard in the order of the architect Volkwin Marg from Hamburg as a schooner with three masts and three topsails.
- cruising in the North Sea and Baltic Sea, multiple crossings of the Atlantic to the Caribbean and to Newfoundland, used for filmwork for several series, among others for "Jack Holborn", the movie "America" directed by Sergio Leone, advertising campaign for Beck's Bier.
- since 1999 "Activ" sails the Mediterranean in Spanish, Italian, Greek, Turkish and Dalmatian waters, registered in GBNK under British flag, homeported in London.
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: 98 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: 128 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Rainer Prüß, Gerd Büker
"Hafenblatt Museumshafen Flensburg e.V."
1995
(Heft Nr. 9, Sonderheft)
Page: 7 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: 146 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data