Læsø Rende (ship)

Læsø Rende

Læsø Rende in Möltenort harbor

Ship data flag  Denmark Germany   other ship names Fyrskib No XV Ship type Lightship home port Kiel Shipyard De forenede Oplagspladser og Værfter, Copenhagen Keel laying June 14, 1886 Launch January 4, 1887

Ship dimensions and crew length 32.0 m ( Lüa ) width 6.0 m Draft Max. 3.2 m displacement 130  t measurement 170 GRT   crew 7-8

The former Danish lightship Læsø Rende now serves the Heikendorfer Yacht Club HYC'86 as a floating clubhouse.

History of the lightship

The keel of the lightship was laid on June 14, 1886 at De forenede Oplagspladser og Værfter in Copenhagen , the launch was on January 4, 1887, and it was delivered on June 13, 1888.

The ship, which was built from oak as Fyrskib No XV (lightship number 15) had no drive of its own, it was towed by tugs to its respective anchorage. A total of 17 ships of this type were built in Copenhagen. There were 7–8 men on board as a crew. The ship was in use in various positions until 1971, between 1937 and the end of 1964, apart from a few visits to the shipyard, it was at Læsø Rende (N57 ° 17 '33 ", E10 ° 41' 20") in the Kattegat between Jutland and the Læsø island . The 26 meter high lighthouse Læsø Rende Fyr has stood here since 1965 .

History museum ship

Fyrskib No XV

After decommissioning, the Læsø Rende was launched in the Danish lightship magazine in the same year. In 1974 the ship was sold to the Danish city of Haderslev . There it was supposed to be used as a youth project, but the attempt to rebuild the ship with young people failed.

In 1986 the Heikendorfer Yacht Club bought it from the city of Haderslev for 90,000 DM and in November of the same year it was towed to the Bay of Kiel , where it has been in the Möltenort harbor ever since. By the spring of 1989, it was restored down to the last detail by ABM staff. The former generator room in the central nave was transformed into a maritime-style salon. All other rooms remained true to the original.

Bow of the Læsø Rende

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Danske Fyrskibe og deres Historie (Danish) ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Construction & History, Lightship Læsø Rende
3. ↑ ^{a b} 99 years and not a bit rickety, Kieler Nachrichten of December 27, 1986
4. ↑ Læsø Rende Fyr lighthouse, Kattegat, Denmark
5. ↑ Feuerschiff_No_XV_Laesoe_Rende at SchiffsSpotter.de

Web links

Commons : Fyrskib No. XV Læsø Rende  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the association of friends and supporters of the lightship Læsø Rende
• DEN SIDSTE REJSE 1-3 / DIE LETZTE REISE 1-3, three films about the transfer of the Læsø Rende from Copenhagen to Hadersleben