Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Viking"

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Viking, Axel Franzen, Neuhaus , 2002

Source, location, date:
Axel Franzen,
Neuhaus,
2002

Viking, Axel Franzen, Neuhaus , 2003

Source, location, date:
Axel Franzen,
Neuhaus,
2003

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Viking
Ex-names:Lumme
Registered port:Neuhaus
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Gaffelkutter, Danske Jagt (Dänische Jagt)
Year built:1980
Yard:Shipmakers, Hamburg, GER
Overall length:12.50 m
Length (hull):9.20 m
Breadth:3.00 m
Draught:1.25 m
Sail area:64 m2
Ship's hull:Komposit / Composite
Power:20 PS
Engine:Bukh Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 29 Sep 2002

  • built 1980 by Shipmakers GmbH in Hamburg as gaff rigged cutter, a so-called Danish Jagt, first she was named the "Lumme".
  • 1995 renamed the "Viking".
  • 2002 purchased by A. Franzen, who reverses some of the changes of his predecessor, so she will appear in her original appearance after this.
  • private use, she lays in Neuhaus on the river Oste, main sailing region is the mouth of the river Elbe and the North Sea along the German coast.