Current Name |
Eye Of The Wind |
Previous Name |
Merry (until 1975), Rose Marie (until 1967), Merry (until 1956), Sam (until 1926), Friedrich (until 1924) |
IMO |
5299864 |
Call Sign |
GWAK |
Manager |
FORUM train & sail GmbH, Merching, Federal Republic of Germany |
Owner |
FORUM train & sail GmbH, Merching, Federal Republic of Germany |
Flag |
United Kingdom |
Port of Registry |
Jersey |
Type of Ship |
brigantine |
Completion |
1911 |
Shipyard |
C. Lühring, Brake, German Empire |
Building No. |
115 |
GT |
129 |
Overall Length [m] |
40,23 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
7,01 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
2,70 |
Propulsion [KW] |
441 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
600 |
Sail Area [m2] |
750 |
Additional Information |
once built as topsail schooner and in use as sailing cargo ship until 1926. Until 1955 the ship was in use as engine powered cargo schooner. In autumn of 1955, the ship ran aground in a heavy storm on the Swedish west coast. The wreck was salvaged, repaired and put into operation as one and a half masted schooner. On January 21st 1970, a fire destroyed the ship's stern and engine room. The wreck only narrowly escaped the scrap yard. In 1973 an Englishman bought the vessel and gave ot a new life. In England it was reconstructed into a sailing passenger ship, rigged as brigantine. |