3-masted schooner TURØ (1943)
The 3-masted Danish schooner Thurø, photographed in 1943 or 1944. My colorization of an image in the MS Maritime Museum of Denmark archive.
The ship was built in Svendborg in 1918 as Dana for shipowners A/S Britannia in Thurø. After 1922 it had a couple of other owners until it was acquired by the Danish shipping company J. Lauritzen in 1943 in order to be used as a sail training ship. At the same time the schooner was renamed Thurø.
In 1944 Thurø ran into a mine and sank with two crew members lost. Later the ship was lifted and rescued, having several owners:
Retse 1947 Luise, 1951Voli, 1957 Cito, 1965New Endeavour, 1987.
According to www.thuroarkiv.dk the ship was destroyed in a fire.
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3-masted schooner TURØ (1943)
The 3-masted Danish schooner Thurø, photographed in 1943 or 1944. My colorization of an image in the MS Maritime Museum of Denmark archive.
The ship was built in Svendborg in 1918 as Dana for shipowners A/S Britannia in Thurø. After 1922 it had a couple of other owners until it was acquired by the Danish shipping company J. Lauritzen in 1943 in order to be used as a sail training ship. At the same time the schooner was renamed Thurø.
In 1944 Thurø ran into a mine and sank with two crew members lost. Later the ship was lifted and rescued, having several owners:
Retse 1947 Luise, 1951Voli, 1957 Cito, 1965New Endeavour, 1987.
According to www.thuroarkiv.dk the ship was destroyed in a fire.
www.thuroarkiv.dk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Thurinske_sk...