SV Noorderlicht

SV Noorderlicht

Noorderlicht during the winter season, intentionally frozen in ice as an expedition base camp
History
Name	Kalkgrund II (1910–1925) Flensburg (1925–1992) Noorderlicht (1992–present)
Owner	Fa. Holm & Moltzen (1963–1966) Möltenorter Seglerkameradschaft (1967–1988) Ted van Broeckhuysen and Gert Ritzema (Ribro Boot BV), Muiden (1992–2016) Floris de Waard and Mariëlle van Twillert (Ocean going BV), Kampen (2017–2021) Swan Expeditions, Akkrum (2021-present)
Operator	Imperial German Navy (1910–1919) Seezeichenbehörde (1920–1924) Wasserbauamt Kiel (1925–1938) Kriegsmarine (1939–1945) Oceanwide Expeditions (1992–2021) Swan Expeditions (2021-present)
Builder	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Yard number	300
Launched	April 1910
In service	2 July 1910
Out of service	October 1963
Identification	IMO number: 8650813 MMSI number: 244091000 Call sign: PGJG
Status	Light vessel (1910–1962) Floating hostel (1963–1966) Club house (1967–1986) Sail cruise vessel (1992–present)
General characteristics
Class and type	Schooner
Tonnage	140 GRT, 60 NRT, 250 DWT (155 GRT as built)
Displacement	255 t (251 long tons) (as built)
Length	46.20 m (151 ft 7 in) (36 m (118 ft 1 in) as built)
Beam	6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Depth	3.20 metres (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	360 horsepower (270 kW)
Propulsion	Sails and diesel engine
Sail plan	Schooner
Speed	7 knots (13 km/h)
Capacity	20 passengers + crew
Armament	2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft gun (1940)

SV Noorderlicht (Northern Light or Aurora Borealis) is a two-masted schooner built in 1910 as a light sailing vessel for the Imperial German Navy. Since the 1990s, she has served as one of the expedition cruise vessels for Oceanwide Expeditions, and from 2021 she is owned by Swan Expeditions, sailing to some of the most remote locations in the Arctic, particularly the archipelago of Svalbard.