Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Verandering"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Verandering |
Registered port: | Bremen |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
Type of ship: | 2-Mast Klipper |
Year built: | 1898 |
Yard: | Raamsdonkveer, NL |
Length (hull): | 24.34 m |
Breadth: | 5.85 m |
Draught: | 1.00 m |
Sail area: | 260 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 190 PS |
Engine: | DAF 1160 |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 03 Jul 2005
- built as a 2-masted cargo ship for the coastal and inland waters in Raamsdonkveer, NL in 1898 for a German shipowning company.
- 1930 sold to Groningen, NL, changes on the hull, the elliptical was replaced by a flat stern to enable passing the sluices there, reduction of her rigging and removal of one mast, fitted with a side drive.
- 1950 equipped with an additional 2-cyl. 44 h.p. MWN engine.
- change of the owner in the 1970s, begin of her reconstruction and rebuilding to her appearance during the turn of the century as a 2-masted freighter, but the cargo hold were turned into passenger cabins, removal of the side drive.
- 1978 and inthe beginning of the 1980s sold, used in the charter business.
- further rebuildings to meet the new requirements sailing in Dutch inland and coastal waters, but her original character was kept, change of the engine to a Volvo.
- inthe beginning of the 1990s Annette van Kleef bought her, further modernizations under deck, used for charter voyages with passengers.
- in about 2002 the Bremische Evangelische Kirche (Protestant church) purchased her, since then she is a non-profit youth project sailing with young people during the summer and used as a meeting place for seminars and church events during winter.
Contact:
Website (deutsch, 12 Sep 2007):http://www.verandering.de/
Verandering: website of the owner and operator with technical info, history and photos, about their intentions and aims, contact address