Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Aschanti IV of Vegesack"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Aschanti IV of Vegesack |
Ex-names: | Aschanti IV, Aschanti of Saba, Marie Pierre, Afaneti |
Registered port: | George Town |
Base port: | La Specia |
Nation: | Cayman Islands |
Type of rigging: | STAGSEGELSCHONER |
Year built: | 1954 |
Yard: | Ernst Burmester Werft, Bremen, GER |
Overall length: | 34.80 m |
Breadth: | 6.30 m |
Draught: | 4.20 m |
Sail area: | 550 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 500 PS |
Engine: | MTU |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 11 Jan 2011
- built 1954 at the Burmester shipyard in Bremen for Ernst Burmester, design by Henry Gruber.
- used as presidential yacht during Kiel week events 1954-1967.
- after the death of Burmester she was sold and renamed "Afaneti", "Marie Pierre", "Aschanti of Saba", "Aschanti IV of Vegesack".
- refitted 1987 and 1991-1994.
- used as a charter yacht based in La Spezia, ITA.
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.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 74 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Erwan Quéméré, François-Jean Daehn
"Die schönsten Segelyachten der Welt"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0695-2
(3. Auflage, franz. Originalausgabe: "A Bord Des Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1988, Editions Gallimard)
Page: 8 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(unter dem Namen "Aschanti IV of Vegesack")
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 84 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(als Aschanti IV of Vegesack)