Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Sigyn"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2006,
05/2006
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2015,
05/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2019,
05/2019
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Sigyn |
| Registered port: | Schleswig |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of ship: | Wikinger Langschiff |
| Year built: | 1995-2004 |
| Yard: | Arbeitsgemeinschaft historischer Schiffbau, Schleswig, GER |
| Overall length: | 13.50 m |
| Breadth: | 3.50 m |
| Draught: | 0.90 m |
| Sail area: | 48 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 26 Mar 2024
- true-to-original replica of a Viking trading ship that sailed in the Roskildefjord in the 11th century and was sunk near Skuldelev/DK, built in Schleswig/GER from 1995 by artists, craftsmen and amateur shipbuilders partly with state funding, christened in August 2000 with the name "Sigyn", then completion of mast and sail as well as equipment for sailing trips until August 2004.
- operated by the Friends of Schleswiger Viking Ships and as an ambassador for the Schleswiger Werkstätten.
- name "Sigyn" after a female apparition in North Germanic mythology.