Morgenster alongside at Antwerp in 2010
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History | |
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Netherlands | |
Name | Morgenster |
Launched | 1919 |
Identification | IMO number: 5241659 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Length | 46.03 m (151 ft 0 in)[1] |
Beam | 6 m (19 ft 8 in)[2] |
Height | 29 m (95 ft 2 in)[2] |
Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)[2] |
Sail plan | Brig[1] |
The Morgenster (Morning Star in Dutch) is a sail training ship based in the Netherlands. She was built, as a herring lugger under the name De Vrouw Maria, in 1919. In 1927, she was lengthened by 7 metres (23 ft) and converted into a motor fishing vessel. She was renamed Morgenster in 1959 and continued to be used as a fishing vessel until 1970. After a period of use for sport fishing and in the pirate radio business, she was acquired by her current owners for conversion back to a sailing vessel in 1983. She made her maiden voyage as a sail training ship in 2008, having been refitted as a brig.[1][2]