Albatros (ship, 1942)
 The Albatros 2009 in the Danish Baltic Sea
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The Albatros - previously Dagmar Larssen , Iris Thy and Esther Lohse - is a three-masted topsail schooner from the “Clipper” association and is used for trips with young people as well as older fellow sailors. The sailing ship with the relatively high jib boom mainly travels the German and Danish Baltic Sea. Every year, Ring-Andersen in Svendborg is responsible for the largely voluntary winter maintenance work .
history
The Albatros was put into service in 1942 under the name of Dagmar Larssen at the Danish shipyard KA Tommerup in Hobro (today part of the Mariagerfjord municipality in North Jutland ) as a galeas for freight trips. Its hull was built in oak on oak, i.e. with oak planks on oak frames . The Dagmar Larssen initially served as a fishing boat in the North Sea. In 1951 the ship was sold and renamed Iris Thy . In 1953 the sails and masts of the ship were reduced and in 1957 the ship went to new owners in Marstal .
It was sold again in 1961 and renamed Esther Lohse after the wife of the new owner . With its home port Bornholm from then on, the ship served as a stonefisher and transported boulders for the fortification of banks and jetties; an alpha diesel with 120 hp was installed for this purpose . According to other sources, the ship is believed to have transported cargo to Iceland from the early 1950s to 1973.
In the early 1970s, the ship came under the British flag: It was bought by Tony and Fleur Davies from near Colchester in south-east England. In 1972 the ship was rigged as a three-masted topsail schooner (three-masted schooner with a square sail ). The so-called topsail improves the maneuverability of the ship. The Esther Lohse was extensively overhauled and equipped for adventure trips with passengers. The former cargo space, which was expanded with thick planks, has since served as a spacious mess and galley ; the bedrooms are structurally separated. Modern deck superstructures, which would have changed the appearance of the ship significantly, were dispensed with. In the following years the ship was used for charter trips and as a film ship. Among other things, it plays a larger role in some episodes of the film series " The Onedin Line " under its then name Esther Lohse .
In 1978 the German association "Clipper DJS" bought the Esther Lohse with the support of the city of Bremerhaven and named her Albatros . In the following year the ship was extensively restored. Since then, the Albatros has been sailing every year from spring to autumn with a permanent volunteer crew for one and two-week trips, mainly in the German and Danish Baltic Sea. The ship is maintained by association contributions, voluntary work and the paying guests.
During this time, the ship took part in regattas for tall ships several times. Immediately before such a trip - the Regatta Tall Ships 'Races 1983 (formerly Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races ) - a granite boulder caught in the anchor of the Albatros off the Danish island of Falster . Since the anchor could not be freed from the stone even after it was hoisted (pulled up), she sailed with it the entire intended route around Gotland to Karlskrona in Sweden. At the end of the regatta, the boulder was recovered. It was presented to the King of Sweden in public on Karlskrona's market square with the inscription "Albatros, Tall Ships' Race 1983" carved into it. At the Rum Regatta in Flensburg in 1994, the ship was the slowest participant to win the “Golden Tortoise” award.
The Albatros is operated as a traditional ship . Many details of the ship are still reminiscent of its past from the time before modern motor shipping.
photos
Front view of the Albatros 2004
Engine room
Web links
- clipper-djs.org - Website of the owner association Clipper - German youth at sea
- Sailing with the Albatros - detailed document (PDF; 2.32 MB) about the ship, with a special focus on sailing maneuvers and all work processes on deck (32 pages)
- tallship-fan.de - Short portrait of the Albatros , with further references
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Albatross . Clipper DJS e. V .. Retrieved April 2017.
- ↑ a b c d page Albatros on www.tallship-fan.de (accessed November 29, 2006)
- ↑ a b as stated in the book by Otmar Schäuffelen (2005), which otherwise does not always match the information provided by the Clipper DJS association . Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World . Hearst Books. ISBN 1588163849 (p. 83); Electronic copy of part of the book on google books (accessed May 23, 2007)
- ↑ Circular "Yellow Post" No. 44: 30 years of Clipper (1973-2003) ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) of the Clipper DJS association (accessed December 1, 2006)