Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Engelina"
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Name: | Engelina |
Ex-names: | Jan Huygen, Gefion-R, Kondor STF 7, Hans Olaf, Grethe Witting, Otte Jensen |
Registered port: | Kirchdorf/Poel |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | TJALK |
Type of ship: | Kufftjalk |
Year built: | 1908 |
Yard: | Mulder, Stadskanaal, NL |
Overall length: | 35.00 m |
Length (hull): | 28.36 m |
Breadth: | 5.62 m |
Draught: | 1.80 m |
Sail area: | 300 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 180 PS |
Engine: | Scania-Vabis |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 May 2021
- built in the Dutch Stadskanaal in 1908/1909 for sailing the Baltic, Skipper J.E. Brouwer and E. Olthoff, baptized the "Engelina" after the woman of the owner, fitted with an 1-cyl. engine (55 hp).
- transport of wood in the northern Baltic Sea region and Scandinavia.
- 1938 change of the engine (3-cyl. diesel 90 hp).
- 1940 taken by the Germans in the Netherlands.
- since about 1946 found in Greena, DEN, under the name "Otte Jensen".
- 1947 sold to owner E. Hofmeijer, renamed the "Grethe Witting" and registered in Grasten, DEN; short later she became the "Hans Olaf" based in Farborg, DEN.
- in the 1950s as sand freighter "Kondor" STF 7 in Middelfart, DEN.
- 1951 change of the engine (2-cyl. Fulund), 1954 change of the engine (Hundested).
- after being registered in Hundested, DEN in the 1960s used as "Gefion-R" in Gilleleje, DK; converted to a sand dredger.
- in the beginning of the 1980s saved from scapping by a shipfriend from Stavoren, NL, rebuilt for private use and in 1983/84 for sailing trips in the charter business, only a few ships of this type (Koff Tjalk) still exist.
- 1984 after several changes of the engine the Scania-Vabis (180 PS) was installed.
- the "Tjalk" was put into charter service in 1985 and equipped with modern nautical equipment in 1994.
- sails Dutch waters based in Stavoren in the spring and autumn, moving to the coasts of Denmark and Germany based in Kiel in the summer.
- since 1985 several changes of the owner (Yme van der Meer, Gerard Pont, Sjoerd Faber, Dies Sinke).
- in autumn 2006 sold to H.G. van Linschoten, renamed the "Jan Huygen" after the Dutch seaman and discoverer Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1562-1611), a predecessor of the owner, no change of her use in the charter business.
- 2020 sold to Germany and renamed the "Engelina" again, sails with guests on the Baltic Sea.
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Contact:
Website (deutsch, 01 May 2021):https://www.engelina.de/
Engelina: information about sailing aboard, the ship and crew with many photos
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.
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
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