Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Minerva"

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Minerva, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2008 , 08/2008

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2008,
08/2008

Minerva, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2009 , 08/2009

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009

Minerva, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2013 , 08/2013

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2013,
08/2013

Minerva, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2016 , 08/2016

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2016,
08/2016

Minerva, Volker Gries, Kieler Woche 2022 , 06/2022

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Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2022,
06/2022

Minerva, Volker Gries, Kieler Woche 2022 , 06/2022

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Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2022,
06/2022

Minerva, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2022 , 08/2022

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2022,
08/2022

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Minerva
Ex-names:Uwe Ursula
Registered port:Scheveningen
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:3-MAST-SCHONER
Year built:1935
Yard:C. Lühring, Brake/Hammelwarden, GER
Overall length:50.50 m
Length (hull):40.00 m
Breadth:7.10 m
Draught:2.20 m
Sail area:900 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:180 PS
Engine:MAK Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 25 Jan 2011

  • built in 1935 by C.Lühring, Hammelwarden, GER as steel auxiliary 3-masted schooner "Uwe Ursula" (she had 4 sisterships).
  • originally 176 grt and 89 nrt, with registered dimensions 30,90 x 7,03 x 2,68m; sail area 243 m²; oil engine 150 BHP; waterballast; quarterdeck 23'.
  • owner: Johann Peter Henning, Hamburg (he died in 1957 and his widow sold the "Uwe Ursula" in August 1959).
  • in October 1936 lengthened to 34,80m ; tonnage 199 grt and 104 nrt; deadweight capacity 320 tons, Germanischer Lloyd for the year 1951 gives the same information.
  • 1951 a new engine was installed (180 HP).
  • August 1959 bought by Albert Peter Behrmann, Hamburg, GER; since then she is listed in the Lloyd's Registers as a general cargo motorship (no longer as an auxiliary).
  • owned since May 1964 by Heinrich J.Behrmann, Hamburg, GER.
  • in May 1976 bought by Peter Funk, Hamburg, GER (Lloyd's gives 199 grt, 104 nrt, 325 DW, 34,78 x 7,04 x 3,02m; raised quarterdeck 7,1m; forecastle 2,2m; speed 9 knots).
  • in 1979 bought by Horst Brey.
  • in 1987 bought by Dutch interests, converted into a 3-masted schooner again and renamed the "Minerva"; homeport Scheveningen, NL and in use as restaurant ship and for meetings, parties and short trips in the North Sea.
  • since 2006 operated by A La Carte Cruises for cruising in the North and Baltic Sea.

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Literature for further reading:

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Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 234 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 259 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data