Wyvern (vessel)

Wyvern in Shetland in 2015
History
Name	Wyvern (1897–1909) Tatjana (1909–1924) Havfruen III (1924–1970) Wyvern (since 1970)
Namesake	The heraldic beast Wyvern
Port of registry	Larvik, Norway (1897–1909) Kiel, Germany (1909–1924) Norway (1924–1934) United Kingdom (1934–1978) Stavanger (since 1978)
Builder	Porsgrund Baatbyggeri
Launched	10 August 1897
Identification	MMSI number: 257563910 Callsign: LKSI
General characteristics
Class and type	Yacht
Tonnage	42.8 GRT 15.8 NRT
Length	18.2 metres (59 ft 9 in)
Beam	5.4 metres (17 ft 9 in)
Height	Main mast 24 metres (78 ft 9 in)
Depth	3.25 metres (10 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	Sails (253 square metres (2,720 sq ft)), auxiliary diesel engine
Sail plan	Yacht
Complement	10

Wyvern is a 60-foot (18 m) open sea sailing ship operated by Stavanger Maritime Museum. The ship was designed by Colin Archer on a commission from British-born Frederick Croft and was launched on 10 August 1897. She sailed under the German flag from 1909. The Norwegian newspaper editor Rolf Thommessen bought her in 1924 and renamed her Havfruen III (Mermaid III). This name was kept by the English owners, Anne and Terrence Carr, who acquired her in 1947 and sold her to Christian-Frederick Mattner in 1970, who renamed her to the original name "Wyvern".

In 1984, Wyvern was donated to the Stavanger Maritime Museum by local companies which had paid for her restoration. She sank in the Baltic Sea on 11 July 2013 during the 2013 Tall Ships' Races. The crew were rescued, but a member of a rescue team died during the accident. She was raised from the sea in August 2013 and returned to Stavanger. In December 2013, her repairs began at a Denmark shipyard.