Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Freja"
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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2002,
05/2002
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2010,
05/2010
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2017,
05/2017
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Freja |
| Ex-names: | Adolf Jensen |
| Registered port: | Kiel |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Jagt |
| Year built: | 1944 |
| Yard: | Axel Henningsen, Lundeborg Baadebygerie, DK |
| Overall length: | 18.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 12.00 m |
| Breadth: | 4.25 m |
| Draught: | 2.30 m |
| Sail area: | 184 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 145 PS |
| Engine: | 6 Zyl. Perkins |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 07 Sep 2006
- built for the fisherman Hans Rasmussen from Langö in Lundebor Henningsen in 1944.
- used as fishing-boat under the name "Adolf Jensen" with the registration number N256 in the Nakskov Fjord and the Baltic Sea (Grand Belt).
- taken over by de Aage Rasmussen in July 1953, used for line-fishing until 1979.
- sold to Bente and John Pedersen from Kastrup in June 1979.
- new owner became Lisa Lauritzen, Benny Kvist, Kim Russel Jensen and Mads Knudsen in September 1979, renamed "Freja".
- rebuilding of the motor cutter to a traditionally rigged vessel started in winter 1979/80 in the port of Kastrup, some work was done at the shipyard Erichsen & Gröns in Kopenhagen beginning in spring of 1980, ready for sailing in summer 1982.
- interior and enlarge of the sailing area in winter 1980/81, she sailed the waters under Danish flag until 1993.
- she came to Lübeck/GER in August 1993, the museum port became her new home and base.
- since 1997 she is owned by the Föhring family, who maintain and sail the ship.
- homeported in Kiel since 2005.
Contact:
Website (deutsch, 25 Dec 2022):http://www.freja.de/
Freja: website of the ship by the owner with a photo