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Hanse sail Rostock 08/1997

Credit: Volker Gries

The tall ship fan directory maintains a page of Anny von Hamburg that has now been updated as follows below:

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name: Anny von Hamburg
Ex-names: Anny, Anna Jensen, Hanna, Kurt Both, Ringö
Registered port: Ekenäs
Nationality: FIN
Type of rigging: 3-mast-schooner
Year built: 1914
Yard: C. Lühring, Brake/Hammelwarden, GER
Overall length: 38.00 m
Length (hull): 33.00 m
Breadth: 7.00 m
Draught: 2.40 m
Sail area: 520 m2
Ship's hull: Stahl / Steel
Power: 280 PS
Engine: 6 Zyl. Deutz

Profile of the sailing ship:

Last update: 17 Nov 2024.

Built as a cargo sailing ship in 1914, first voyage to St. Petersburg where she was confiscated after the outbreak of World War I between 1925-57 she carried cargo from Hamburg across the North and Baltic Seas under several names before being bought by a Scandinavian owner, reduction of the rig, fitted with an engine 1929 under the name "Hanna" for Capt. W. Richter 1936 under the name "Kurt Both" for Capt. M. Both, carried cement between Bremen and Helgoland for building the naval base sold to Scandinavia, the two forward wooden mast replaced by one mast made of steel, 1950 the hull was lengthened, conversion to a motor vessel 1957 bought by a Swedish firm, renamed "Ringö", then sold to P. Grönqvist of Finland returned to her home port of Hamburg in 1981 and was completely restored to her original state awarded the highest class by German Lloyd, thus guaranteeing a high level of safety and comfort for her passengers cruise liner in the Mediterranean, Canaries and the Caribbean in winter, in summer she has been an active part of the German sail training fleet based on Kiel, since 1987 under the flag of Antigua often participates the "Kieler Woche" and "Hanse Sail" Rostock 1997-98 major refit at a German boatyard Thien & Heyenga were the managing owners of the vessel until 2004, they were supported by the "Freunde des Dreimastschoners Anny von Hamburg e.V." since spring 2004 the association Hanse-Koggewerft became the owner and operator of the ship, registered in Hamburg, Germany. After lying unused for several years and increasingly in poor condition in Hamburg, she was sold to Nordic Expedition Sailing Society Oy in Finland in 2022, new home port became Ekenäs/ FIN, major overhaul and equipment for charter trips with sailing guests.

Contact: Website (English, 17 Nov 2024): https://ness.fi/

Anny von Hamburg: charter website of the Finnish owner and operator Nordic Expedition Sailing Society Oy with offers, photos and contact

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 50 
(als "Anny")

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 24 

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 35 

Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Stefan Lipsky, Heinz Trost
"Veteranen- und Museumsschiffe"
Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen 1997 ISBN: 3-928473-34-4
(3. umfassend erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 24 Source 

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture, history, technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 218 

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 28