I was a crew member on Artemis for nearly 2 years, which included the 1976 Tall Ships race. I left when she was sold to Gulf Coast Maritime Museum in Houston.
I had so many photographs of this wonderful vessel, that were unfortunately destroyed in a fire. It is fantastic to see her again.
Thanks for the memory RIK.
Thanks also to Eric. Where did you get all your information?

This is the ARTEMIS, registered at the time in the Netherlands. The owner at the time was Nick Dekker. The picture was probably taken in 1975. She is seen here at a mooring on the River Dart, Devon, UK. The houses in the background are part of Dartmouth and the castle behind the schooner is the Royal Naval College. Artemis took part in the 1976 Tall Ships Race Plymouth, Devon to the USA and did not sail back to Europe. She was sold to a Texan couple who in turn, in 1979, sold her to an Englishman living in Canada. She sank on 5 May 1980, in 1,400 ft of water, off the W coast of Florida, in heavy weather that had sprung a plank, resulting in uncontrollable water ingress. She had left Mobile, Alabama and was bound for St John, New Brunswick (Canada), with a cargo of wood-burning stoves. All 7 crew were saved.


Built: 1903 by Z.T. Jacobsen yard, Troense, Denmark, as 3-masted fore-and-aft gaff schooner.
Names: Noah (1903)
Peder Most (1945)
Anna Thora and then Thora (1946)
Artemis (1947-1980)
Traded until 1965 (original masting removed in 1939 or 40)
In trade until 1965. Later restored by Nick Dekker and registered as yacht.

Sparred length: 45.00 m
Hull length: 36.60 m
Beam: 7.90 m
Draught: 3.10 m
Sail area: 560 m²
Aux. engine: 120 hp Burmeister & Wain Alpha diesel

Eric Dawson