Roald Amundsen

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Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen is a German brig named in honour of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and in service as a sail training ship. She was initially designed as deep sea fishing lugger. The hull was built in 1952 and directly equipped to service the military fleet of former East Germany.

Roald Amundsen now operates all year around as a sail training vessel with voyages lasting between one and three weeks. Her home port is Eckernförde, a harbour city in Schleswig-Holstein near Kiel in northern Germany.

The ship has participated in the Tall Ships' Races and is rated as a Class A tall ship by Sail Training International.^[1]

Specifications

Length over all: 50,20 m

Length of hull: 40,80 m

L.W.L. (Length of waterline): 38,20 m

Width/beam: 7,20 m

Draft: 4,20 m

Mast total height: 34,00 m

Sail Area: 850,0 m² (square meters)[with 18 sails]

Crew: 31 Trainees plus Crew quarters [17 Regular Crew]

Motor: 300 PS (220 kW) 8-cylinder (Buckau-Wolff Diesel motor)

Generators: 1x 48 kW; 1x 53 kW

Displacement: 480 t

GRT: 298

ballast: 180 t

ballast tanks: 108 t

call sign: DARG

MMSI: 211215170

IMO No: 8994489

STAG-Sail-No: TS G 508

Ensign / flag: Germany

Equipment: Radar, echo sounder, Global Positioning System, Automatic Identification System, magnetic compass, LRC Long Range Radio, EPIRP-buoye, Inmarsat, short wave radio, Life Rafts, Zodiac, personal safety equipment (rescue vests etc.)

References

External links

• Official website