Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Valhalla"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Valhalla |
Registered port: | George Town |
Nation: | Cayman Islands |
Type of rigging: | BRIGG |
Year built: | 1934 |
Yard: | Norway, (Western Coast) |
Length (hull): | 36.60 m |
Breadth: | 6.10 m |
Draught: | 3.50 m |
Sail area: | 530 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 220 PS |
Engine: | 6 Zyl. Volvo TD120 Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 24 Oct 2000
- a wooden brig built on the west coast of Norway in 1934
- converted to a trawler and used as a cargo and fishing vessel until 1985, when the Norwegian government reduced the fishing quotas
- 1989 the bank took over the ship because of late payments, she should be scrapped and sunk
- on Dec 12th, 1989 a group of friends from Skien, Norway saved the boat
- radical transformations, general restore in the early 1990s
- after that she worked in the tourist charter business for 3 years until 1995, when she sailed to Cuba, journey to Grand Cayman in late March 1998, she was based on the Cayman Islands for some time
- our last available info about the ship is that she returned to Europe and was for sale but this info isn't certain
- the name comes from the Viking period, Valhalla is a part of the viking warrior paradise where you can get there only when killed in battle