Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Leão Holandês"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Leão Holandês
Ex-names:Amalie, Martha Ahrens, Marie Hilck, Rönndik, Mojenhörn, Peterna, Ibaek, Sepha Vollaars
Registered port:Alcântara
Nation:PO
Type of rigging:3-MAST-SCHONER
Type of ship:3-Mast-Gaffelschoner
Year built:1910
Yard:Bodewes Shipyard, Martenshoek, NL
Overall length:44.00 m
Length (hull):31.10 m
Breadth:6.10 m
Draught:3.20 m
Sail area:507 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:253 PS
Engine:Caterpillar Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 25 Mar 2001

  • built for German owners as 2-masted schoner in Martenshoek/NL, who used her as a freighter for wood
  • 1922 fitted with the first engine, the hull was lengthened about 5 meters and she was converted to a 3-masted gaff rigged schooner at the shipyard in Kiel/GER in 1923
  • since 1957 under Danish flag under the name "Peterna"
  • 1975 sold to Dutch owners where she was re-rigged and renamed "Sepha Vollaars", commercial sailing trips in Holland
  • 1983-87 owner from Switzerland, should be used as a tourist charter vessel in Tahiti, but this project failed, return to Europe and sold to an owner from Portugal in 1987, renamed to "Leão Holandês" (Dutch Lion)
  • general overhaul in Belgien and Portugal
  • she sails the waters of Portugal along the coast lines today

Contact:

Website (portugueis/English, 16 Jan 2001):
http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/50travtransp/leao.holandes/index.html
Sailing along the coast of Portugal: prices and accomodation, ship's history, contact, photos

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.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 271 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: 302 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data