Schooner Abel Tasman and cruiseferry Crown Seaways in Öresund

 Dutch schooner Abel Tasman was yesterday afternoon on her way northwards in Öresund. The 40 x 6,60 m schooner, built in 1913, has 12 cabins for 30 passengers. Her sail area is 450m².

MS Crown Seaways is a 172 m cruiseferry operated by DFDS Seaways on the route Copenhagen - Oslo. She was built in 1994 in Split, Croatia.

Sail training ship Alexander von Humboldt II in Öresund

Tonight it was wonderful to see the German sail training ship ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II back in Öresund. The 65 m (LOA) x 10 m ship is on her way from Grenaa (DK9 to Travemunde.

"ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II has been sailing the high seas since 2011. Like its predecessor ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT, ALEX-2 is a civilian squarerigger offering tall ship voyages for everyone, regardless of previous experience. All you need is an open mind and a spirit of adventure! ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II has been built with a traditional barque rigg. That means the fore and main mast carry square sails while the sternmost, the mizzen mast, carries gaff sails. In total, ALEX-2 is driven by 24 sails with a sail area of 1.360 m2. In favourable wind conditions, she runs up to 14 knots. And if the wind does not blow at all, a 750 horsepower engine helps to reach the next port in time. While the rigging resembles that of a windjammer built 150 years ago, the safety and rescue equipment of ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II is absolutely up to date. Radar, radio and satellite communication, electronic charts, life rafts, two high speed dinghys and many things more make her a modern ship and easy to navigate. ALEX-2 is owned and operated by Deutsche Stiftung Sail Training (German Sail Training Foundation / DSST), based in the barque’s homeport Bremerhaven. DSST is a non-profit, charitable organization. Its aims are to provide traditional high seas sailing for people of all ages, but especially for young men and women aged 15-25."(Sailtraininginternational.org)

Dutch unmanned steel deck barge Hapo H-401 in Öresund

 The Dutch unmanned steel deck barge Hapo H-401 was this afternoon towed southwards in Öresund, loaded with two huge cranes. The 122 x 36.6 m barge, built in 2018, has a 4420 sq.m. deck space.

Some information from Hapo´s home page:

"Hapo International Barges B.V. (HAPO), is founded in 1987 by Henk Poot together with several partners and is situated in the harbour of Rotterdam. The headquarters is located in Ridderkerk and together with docks in Rotterdam, Ridderkerk and 's-Gravendeel makes HAPO as a whole. We are specialised in providing pontons, crane barges, heavy machinery and other facilities supplying contractors for salvaging shipwrecks, off- or onshore operations involving heavy lifting, and heavy lifting transportation."

The barge was towed by German tug Fairplay 35 and Danish tug Fenja (Fairplay not visible here, Fenja behind the barge).

Norwegian cargo steamer B. A. Broch in 1904

 Norwegian cargo steamer B.A. Broch photographed as brand new in Kristiania (Oslo) in July, 1904. The 216.3 ft (c. 63 m.) 878 brt ship was built by Akers mek. Verksted, Kristiania, for A/S B. A. Broch, Kristiania. My restoration and colorization of Anders B. Wilse´s original image in the Norwegian Maritime Museum archive.

B. A. Broch later had three other Norwegian owners. On October 14. 1916, when she sailed for the last owner, Rederi-A/S Granat (K. M. Pedersen), renamed Rabbi, carrying coal from Swansea (Wales) to Rouen (France) she was captured and scuttled by the German submarine UB18. The crew abandoned the ship in lifeboats, and were later saved by another Norwegian steamer.

Dandelion

 Dandelion

Spring crocuses in Hittarp

 Today we had a wonderful spring day. The crocuses are looking great now. 

 

US barquentine Anne Comyn

The barquentine Anne Comyn, built in Rolph (California) in 1920 and rigged by the Haveside chandlery of San Francisco for the Pacific Freighters company, photographed in Australia by Allan C.Green. She was one of the uncompleted Ferris-type steamer hulls in the United States, which were finished as 5-masted barquentines.

My restoration and colorization of the original image in the State Library Victoria archive.

Anne Comyn made her maiden voyage to Australia in 1920. According to the Sunday Oregonian, she made the voyage in record time:

"The barkentine Anne Comyn, a Ferris type hull, broke

a record of nine years' standing by reaching Sydney, Australia, in 52 days from San Francisco. The Alicia Haviside, now on passage from the Golden Gate to Durban, South Africa, and the Phyllis Comyn, on her way from Puget sound to Sydney, are Ferris hulls rigged as barkentines."

Four years later, on December 19,1924, the Melbourne newspaper Argus wrote about another visit by Anne Comyn - she was the first ship to land a cargo of Alaskan timber in Melbourne:

"BARQUENTINE ANNE COMYN."

"After a voyage of 83 days from Anyox,

British Columbia, the five-masted bar-

quentine Anne Comyn reached Melbourne

yesterday. The Anne Comyn is laden with

175,000 feet of timber consisting of baulks

of spruce and hemlock. She is in charge

of Captain Brasting and a crew of 16 men,

most of whom are Australians. The ship

is only four years old and is owned by

Comyn and Co., of San Francisco. She

is of 2,247 tons register. After discharg-

ing timber here the Anne Comyn will prob-

ably sail for Newcastle to take a cargo

of coal for Alaska. The passage to Aus-

tralia was uneventful. Light winds pre-

vailed until the barquentine entered Bass

Straits when she encountered a gale which

delayed her for about two days."