Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Viking"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Viking |
Registered port: | Svendborg |
Nation: | DK |
Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
Type of ship: | Zollkreuzer |
Year built: | 1897 |
Yard: | F. N. Hansen, Odense, DK |
Length (hull): | 13.71 m |
Breadth: | 4.26 m |
Draught: | 2.28 m |
Sail area: | 115 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 45 PS |
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Last update: 01 Sep 2000
- built by F.N. Hansen in Odense/DK as a customer`s ship in 1897
- 1904 sold to Helsingborg/SWE, rebuilt to a yacht and privately used
- 1916 sold to Esbjerg/DK, the intended conversion to a fishing-boat was not realized
- 1917 bought by the new owner Müller Petersen from Svendborg, who privately used the ship, the last owner of the Peterson family intended to burn down the ship first after her death but the she changed her opinion and gave the ship to the Svendborg Museum
- 1979 change of the ship to the Svendborg Museum