![]() Roald Amundsen at the Kiel Week 2007
(in front of the befriended schooner Amphitrite) | |
History | |
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Name | Vilm |
Operator | Lebenlernen auf Segelschiffen e.V. |
Launched | 1952 |
Renamed | Roald Amundsen |
Refit | In 1992–1993 as a brig |
Homeport | Eckernförde, Germany |
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General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 280 GRT |
Displacement | 480 t |
Length | |
Beam | 7.2 m (24 ft) |
Draft | 4.2 m (14 ft) max |
Propulsion | 300 PS (221 kW) Buckau-Wolf |
Sail plan | brig (18 sails = 850 m2 (9,100 sq ft)) |
Crew | 16 regular crew + 32 trainees |
Roald Amundsen (often abbreviated Roald; named in honor of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen), originally named Vilm, is a German steel-ship built on the Elbe River in 1952. Having worked in different areas, she was refitted in 1992 to 1993 as a brig (two-masted square-rigged sailing ship) and now serves as a sail training ship. During summer, she usually operates in the Baltic Sea, and usually embarks for journeys to farther destinations for winter, including several trans-Atlantic crossings.