Oosterschelde (ship)

The Oosterschelde - formerly temporarily Fuglen II, then Sylvan - is a three-masted topsail schooner that ran in 1917 in the Dutch Zwartsluis from the stack. In the 1950s, the ship was converted into a pure engine freighter and restored to the original state in the 1980s. The Oosterschelde is considered one of the last representatives of a whole fleet of three-masted topsail schooners, which contributed to the early 20th century the Dutch flag in the world. Today, the ship offers Carpooling for interested groups to single and multi- day trips.

The name Oosterschelde is returned to the river Scheldt, the eastern and ( Ooster ) bifurcates on Dutch territory in the western ( Scheldt ) River part.

History

Even before the completion of the sailing ship, the shipping company HAAS from Rotterdam bought the Oosterschelde in the summer of 1917. In November, the ship was launched and was delivered in the spring of 1918, then the next three years as a freighter under Captain J. van de Lip mainly bricks, to transport clay, wood, potatoes and straw on the North and Baltic Seas. 1921, the schooner was sold to Captain Warnder Kramer of Groningen, the order the next nine years mainly the Mediterranean, Europe and the coasts of Africa sailed. In 1930 the sailors a new machine, and the rig has been simplified. Between 1932 and 1934 we reduced the rigging considerably, we removed the mizzen mast and built a wheelhouse and a bridge.

1936 the ship collided with the steam trawler SN14 Ben Hope, but took no serious damage. In May 1939, finally, the schooner was sold to the Danish shipping company Fuglen Ærøskøbing and received the new name Fuglen II - it was then the most modern ship of the Danish fleet. Four years later, II received the Fuglen a new, 119 -horsepower engine. 1943 suffered the ship by a collision with a mine significant damage and was repaired from April to August in Svendborg again.

1950 got the ship again a more powerful engine, this time a 240 -horsepower engine. Two years later, more collisions occurred, this time with the motor vessel Stentor and motor glider Christa - Captain AK Hansen then took over the ship's officers. In 1954 it was sold to Sweden and sailed the next few years under the Swedish flag with the new name Sylvan mainly the Baltic region. Here they built the ship more and more to a pure motor cargo ship.

The modernization was continued until the 1980s; In 1981 the ship again a new main engine, this time 360 horsepower. In 1987, the freighter went to the company " tallship Travel BV " from Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The ship was returned to its original name Oosterschelde, and the foundation " Het Rotterdamse Zeilschip " was founded in order to fund money for the restoration and returning the system to its original state.

In 1990, the Oosterschelde was at the B. V. Passed Oosterschelde shipping company in Rotterdam, which began with the faithful restoration. Taking into account modern safety standards, it was re- rigged, overhauled the hull and officially made ​​in 1992 by Princess Margriet returned to service.

Between 1996 and 1998 came the first circumnavigation of the Eastern Scheldt under Captain Dick van Andel, tanning Nab and Pieter Brantjes. The course took them to Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, followed by rounding of Cape Horn and visiting Antarctica. Overall, the three-masted schooner thereby laid a distance of about 30,000 miles.

In the 1990s, the Oosterschelde took part in many sailing events such as the Sail Bremerhaven (1995), the Sail Osaka (1997 ) and the trans-Atlantic regatta of tall ships (2000) part. More trips to the Caribbean and Antarctica followed. Today the ship is primarily as an excursion sailors use; Groups and companies can charter the schooner for single or multi- day trips.

Pictures

2005 in Oostende

2010, on the Outer Weser

Deck the Oosterschelde

Ship data

  • Takeltyp: topsail schooner
  • Year built: 1917
  • Homeport: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Shipyard: Veerhaven, Rotterdam
  • Length: 50 m
  • Width: 7.5 m
  • Draft: 3 m
  • Sail area: 891 m²
  • Hull: Steel
  • Engine: Deutz Diesel, 6 cylinder (360 hp )
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