Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Zenobe Gramme"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Zenobe Gramme, Volker Gries, Sail Travemünde / Cutty Sark 2003 , 08/2003

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Travemünde / Cutty Sark 2003,
08/2003

Zenobe Gramme, Volker Gries, Travemünde , 08/2003

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Travemünde,
08/2003

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Zenobe Gramme
Registered port:Zeebrugge
Nation:BEL
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Bermudaketsch
Year built:1961
Yard:BOEL shipyards, Temse, BEL
Length:28.15 m
Breadth:6.85 m
Draught:2.80 m
Sail area:700 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:230 PS
Engine:6-Zyl. Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 30 Dec 2005

  • built in 1961 in the BOEL shipyards in Temse, oceanographic research vessel until 1970.
  • since 1970 used as a training and public relations vessel of the Belgian Navy, often takes part in Tall Ships Races of the STI (Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race).
  • named to honour Zenobe Gramme, the inventor of the dynamo.

Last tracked position of the ship:

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Last tracked position of the ship Zenobe Gramme

Contact:

Website (English/nederlands/français, 11 Jul 2005):
http://www.mil.be/
Zenobe Gramme: website of the Belgian Navy with information about the ship

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.

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 197 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2005 ISBN: 0-9636483-9-X
(16th Edition)
Page: 304 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 297 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact