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SVANEN
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Photographer:Clyde Dickens [ View profile ]
Title:Svanen
Photo Category:Traditional Rig Sailing Ships From 120 Feet Or 36.6 M Loa
Added:Jan 27, 2008
Views:3,584
Image Resolution:1,760 x 1,271
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Sydney Harbour, off Bradleys Head. 24 January 2008.
Built 1922, in Denmark, for Baltic trade and for carrying grain to Greenland. First engine fitted in 1938. Participated in several tall ships races and used by Sea Cadets.
Took part in Australian First Fleet re-enactment in 1988. In Australia, initially used as Sail Training ship - now a Sydney Harbour tour boat.
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She seems to be getting plenty of work on the Harbour
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Regards
Bob
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Regards
Terry
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http://www.svanen.com.au/
There one can find pictures showing her name boards as OUR SVANEN or SVANEN. Pictures known to me taken at least from May 2005 on show her as SVANEN. I wonder if this is now her registred name.
Regards,
Werner
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The web site I used for the description has information later than the one you found.
See http://www.svanen.com.au/history.php
My wife and I sailed on Anna Kristina in a small fleet that included Our Svanen in 1988. That is the name that was used then. She is a regular and handsome sight in the harbour.
Thanks for your interest
Yours
Clyde
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We both are referring to the same web site:
Just go to the Gallery and select the 14th picture with "Running Maintenance". This is the only picture in the gallery where her name is clearly seen as SVANEN. Many other pics show her as OUR SVANEN of course and from others one can assume that it is SVANEN.
I was in Sydney when the fleet arrived in January 1988 and also took some pictures of OUR SVANEN, a day I remeber with great pleasure.
The updated
http://www.amsa.gov.au/Shipping_Registration/List_of_Registered_Ships/Page_41.asp
has listed her as OUR SVANEN.
Her web site uses both versions of her name, not just as her former ex name. The notes about her history end with the year 1990. According to the records I have, she was acquired by Svanen Charters Pty. Ltd., Laurie Kalnin in 1990. In her web site it is Svanen Tallship Charters. The Tallship-fan site has listed her owners as Douglas and Margaret Havers, Svanen Charters Pty. Ltd. (updated April 2005). So it looks like another change of ownership. What makes me curious is that recent pictures of her show her name as SVANEN although with the register she still is OUR SVANEN.
In this picture of January 2006 you can read her name:
http://www.heinzalbers.org/page-sy0006.htm
This picture is of April 2007:
http://flickr.com/photos/royskeane/475243380/
Although the name is not readable with your picture, it shows the short name board.
I try to keep track of a lot more than a thausand sailing vessels in my data base. Hope that some shipspotters can solve the problem about her name, any help is appreciated.
Best regards from Berlin,
Werner
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The heinzalbers photo shows a familiar sight in Circular Quay.
I am very sorry to say that I cannot add to the information in my reply to your first post. I can see that the variation in presentations is not helpful to the level of research you undertake for your collection.
I hope another Shipspotting member can help more.
Best wishes from Downunder
Clyde
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If you start from the link in my first post you can navigate quickly to a page with a Contact Us button in the left hand side menu.
Perhaps you can get a useful answer for your research if you demonstrated your interest in the ship from the other side of the world.
Good luck
Clyde
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By remarkable coincidence I heard on the radio this morning an interview with the owner/operator of Svanen. He always called her Svanen, never Our Svanen. So that may be useful information for you.
He mentioned the high cost of maintenance. There has been a recent major excercise using tradesmen from many parts of the world.
Yours
Clyde
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Thanks a lot for your help, have also read your PM.
Best to you,
Werner
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