Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Iris"

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Iris, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2004 , 07/2004

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Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004

Iris, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2004 , 07/2004

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Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004

Iris, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2008 , 07/2008

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Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2008,
07/2008

Iris, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2008 , 07/2008

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Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2008,
07/2008

Iris, Volker Gries, Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

Iris, Volker Gries, Sail Brest 2016 , 07/2016

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Volker Gries,
Sail Brest 2016,
07/2016

Iris, Volker Gries, Temps fete Douarnenez 2016 , 07/2016

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Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2016,
07/2016

Iris, Volker Gries, Temps fete Douarnenez 2018 , 07/2018

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Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018

Iris, Volker Gries, Temps fete Douarnenez 2018 , 07/2018

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Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018

Iris, Volker Gries, Temps fete Douarnenez 2018 , 07/2018

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Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018

Iris, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2023 , 08/2023

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2023,
08/2023

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Iris
Ex-names:Pallas, Aage, Geesje van Urk
Registered port:Rotterdam
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Heringslogger
Year built:1916
Yard:Isaac Figee, Vlaardingen, NL
Overall length:35.82 m
Length (hull):28.30 m
Breadth:6.66 m
Draught:2.80 m
Sail area:590 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:320 PS
Engine:Detroit Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 28 Feb 2021

  • built 1916 on order of the shipping company N.V. Exploitatie Maatschappij "Nereus" at the shipyard Figee in Vlaardingen, christened the "Pallas" (IJM 287), used as sailing herring logger in the North Sea up to the Shetland Isles.
  • after 1920 voyages as a herring logger became unprofitable, 1926 she was put out of service and sold to Karlshamn in Sweden in 1929, fitted with her first engine here and converted into a commercial cargo vessel, used as a coastal freighter in the Baltic Sea (Norwegian and Swedish coast) for the next 40 years.
  • 1930 sold to Denmark to Capt. N.J. Moller from Svendborg, renamed the "Aage".
  • 1950 fitted with a new Grena engine (166 h.p.), sold to Capt. K. Pedersen from Bornholm.
  • in the mid 1970s became unprofitable again as a freighter, decommissioned in 1974.
  • 1975 sold to Gert Loomeijer and Marileen Biekart, brought to Holland, restoring and conversion to a sailing ship for voyages with guests, renamed the "Geesje van Urk".
  • 1991-1992 another overhaul and refit for voyages on all seas.
  • 2001 purchased by Ben Bos, Udeke Huiskamp and Frits and Riemke Leusink renamed the "Iris", voyages in Dutch, French and English waters, registered in Rotterdam she lies in the Veerhaven, 2001 voyages starting in Cherbourg.
  • participated in many sailing events at the British, Belgian and French coast and in The Netherlands, Ostend at anchor, Vilvoorde Harbor Days, Brussels Harbor Day, Festival Calais, Festival Boulogne sur Mer, Fécamp, Paimpol, Les Tonneres de Brest, Temps fete de Douarnenez, Semaine de Golfe du Morbihan, Bristol and Liverpool.
  • since 2008 owned by Ben and Marianne Bos, homeport is still the Veerhaven at the centre of Rotterdam, certified for world-wide sailing, cruises NW-Europe and takes part in small and big maritime events, available for corporate events, takes part in regattas and sailtraining.
  • change of ownership to Floris de Waard in January 2023.

Contact:

Website (nederlands, English, 28 Feb 2021):
https://tallshipiris.nl/
Website about the Iris, information about the crew, equippment, many photos, her sailing region and schedules, offers and prices and contact address