Elida (ship)

This article covers the German mission ship. For the paddle steamer, which sometimes called Elida, see Pillnitz (Schiff, 1886) .

Elida

Elida off the chalk coast of the island of Ruegen 2009

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names ex. Mary II Ship type Shark cutter Callsign DMLU home port Kiel Owner Mission cutter Elida eV Shipyard Høllen Søgne, Norway Launch 1939 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 22.22 m ( Lüa ) width 4.77 m Draft Max. 2.30 m displacement 38  t   crew min. 2 max. 18th

Machine system machine Kromhout diesel engine 6TS 117 Machine performance 105 hp, 10 l displacement propeller 1 m diameter, 4 leaves

Rigging and rigging Rigging Gaff ketch Number of masts 2 Number of sails 5 Sail area 180 m²

Others Classifications Safety certificate for traditional ships from BG Verkehr

The Elida is a former fish and mail cutter and was Germany's only mission ship until a few years ago .

history

The ship was built in 1939 as a deep-sea fishing trawler ( ketch with gaff rigging ) in Norway , Høllen Søgne . The cutter was in use off Iceland for a long time , was later rebuilt and then sailed as a mail ship on Norway's coasts . The sign stating that a maximum of 98 passengers can be carried still comes from this time . The last stop before the sale to Germany was Landskrona , Sweden . There the cutter served as a restaurant ship. The original name of the ship was Maria II .

180 m² of sail area and a Kromhout diesel engine with a capacity of 10 liters provide the necessary propulsion power. The cutter is 22.22 m long, 4.77 m wide and has a draft of 2.3 m.

Mission cutter

In 1984 the association Missionskutter Elida e. V. built the ship for use as a mission ship in three years of loving detail work. The association belongs to the German Evangelist Conference .

Since 1987 the Elida has been sailing with the idea of reaching people in the ports on the Baltic coast between Wolgast and Flensburg with the message of the Bible . "Elida" comes from Scandinavian and means something like "noble light". The traditional ship is regularly on the move and is a regular guest at the Hanse Sail and the Kiel Week . It takes part in the annual Christian Müther memorial trip for children with asthma .

The Elida is present at various port festivals on the Baltic coast , then lies on the pier and serves as an attractive backdrop for missionary theater plays or as a stage for creative events. Cutter tours with a small gospel magic program on board are always popular . At the “ Open Ship ”, visitors can have the cutter shown and explained to them over a cup of coffee. There are always conversations with the guests in the truest sense of the word about God and the world .

Skipper M. Saal as moderator and preacher

crew

The Elida - Crew consists of church members and non-church members from all over Germany and partly Europe. The crew spends their missionary vacation at sea and is present at the port festivals in many cities on the Baltic coast.

Web links

• Web presence with trip plan at www.Missionskutter-Elida.de
• Elida on SchiffsSpotter.de (data and picture collection on ships)
• Ship history archive Flensburg

Ship Elida in Greifswald

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} ( page no longer available , search in web archives: "You are sailing on behalf of the Lord" - The mission ship "Elida" at the Hanse Sail: A cutter with a lot of depth ), Hamburger Abendblatt dated August 9, 1999 (for a fee in the archive ).
2. ^ "Mission ship" Elida ": On the way on behalf of the Lord" ( Memento from November 29, 2003 in the Internet Archive ), Reformed Churches of German-speaking Switzerland from August 9, 1999.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The mission cutter Elida ( Memento from February 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Sassnitz vacation
5. ↑ SchiffsSpotter (maritime online database), accessed on July 31, 2012
6. ↑ ^{a b} Doreen Breitenfeldt: "Adventure sailing trip for asthma children"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ostsee-Zeitung of July 12, 2007  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Kieler Woche http://www.kieler-woche.de/meer/windjammerparade/Schiffsliste_Windjammer_2009.htm ( Memento from March 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ The mission cutter Elida ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Profile)  
9. ^ Members list
10. ^ Partner ship Elida in Sweden
11. ↑ The mission cutter Elida ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Album)  
12. ↑ Schiffsspotter 2006 , Schiffsspotter 2007 and Hansesail 2009 ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ^ "Man overboard - help for people in sea (len) need" (Elida on Hanse Sail), idea press service from August 10, 1998
14. ↑ "Sails and planks instead of altar and pulpit" - water number at the port festival Hanse Sail , idea Spektrum No. 35/1998