Registered port: Zevenhoven
Nation: NL
Type of rigging: KETSCH
Type of ship: Gaffelketsch
Year built: 1910
Yard: Isaac Figee, Vlaardingen, NL
Overall length: 36.00 m
Length (hull): 27.00 m
Breadth: 6.50 m
Draught: 2.70 m
Sail area: 446 m2
Power: 320 PS
Engine: Iveco
# built 1910 as a sail lugger in Vlaardingen, launched on May 4th, 1910
# used for fishing herring in the North Sea until 1929 using only sail power and a donkey winch to haul in the nets
# after years laid up she came to Norway in 1939, where she was fitted with an engine and used as a freighter in the fjords
# 1993 return to the Netherlands, restoration by her Dutch owners since 1996
# participated the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race 2001
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Registered port: Zevenhoven
Nation: NL
Type of rigging: KETSCH
Type of ship: Gaffelketsch
Year built: 1910
Yard: Isaac Figee, Vlaardingen, NL
Overall length: 36.00 m
Length (hull): 27.00 m
Breadth: 6.50 m
Draught: 2.70 m
Sail area: 446 m2
Power: 320 PS
Engine: Iveco
# built 1910 as a sail lugger in Vlaardingen, launched on May 4th, 1910
# used for fishing herring in the North Sea until 1929 using only sail power and a donkey winch to haul in the nets
# after years laid up she came to Norway in 1939, where she was fitted with an engine and used as a freighter in the fjords
# 1993 return to the Netherlands, restoration by her Dutch owners since 1996
# participated the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race 2001
The Ship has a web site (Dutch Language) @ http://www.lotos.nl/
Regards
Steve Ellwood (admin)
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