Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Spes Mea"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2013,
10/2013
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2014,
10/2014
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2017,
10/2017
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2018,
10/2018
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2018,
10/2018
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2022,
10/2022
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2022,
10/2022
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Spes Mea |
| Registered port: | Harlingen |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | TJALK |
| Type of ship: | Groninger Seetjalk |
| Year built: | 1902 |
| Yard: | Boerema, Maartenshoek, NL |
| Length: | 26.00 m |
| Breadth: | 5.40 m |
| Draught: | 1.20 m |
| Sail area: | 220 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 160 PS |
| Engine: | DAF 1160 |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Nov 2007
- built 1902 on order of Jan Drost at the shipyard Boerema in Maartenshoek, NL.
- used as freighter under sails transporting salt, timber and feeding to England, Norway, Sweden, Danmark and Germany.
- 1924 taken over by R. Krook, used under sails further on.
- since 1934 used as inland water ship mainly as bulk carrier under sails.
- 1954 taken over by the son of R. Krook and removal of the rig, installation of a 2 cyl. Deutz engine with 38 h.p.
- decommissioned in 1968 in Purmerend, NL; house boat for Krook (until 1987), who worked as a bridge guard then.
- change of the owner and used als living ship.
- 1989 purchased by Jan van Berge, restore and conversion in a charter ship for guest sailing under sails, used in the Dutch coastal region of the North Sea.
- 1998 purchased by Klaas Bosch and Danny Munnikes, used in the charter business based in Harlingen, NL; since 2003 is Klaas Bosch the only owner.
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (nederlands/deutsch/English, 22 Apr 2021):http://www.spesmea.nl/
Spes Mea: website of the ship with specification, history, sailing routes and charter information, photos, guest book, contact