German schooner Carl Vinnen (ab. 1930)

German schooner Carl Vinnen in Australian waters (ab. 1930). My restoration and digital hand colorization of Allan C. Green´s image in the Victoria State Library archive.

 

"This ship has to be one of the most unusually rigged tall ships ever built. Steel hulled, the auxiliary schooner Carl Vinnen was one of five identical sister-ships built by Krupps of Kiel in 1921-23 for F. A. Vinnen & Co. of Bremen, Germany. The auxiliary power was provided by war surplus diesel engines originally intended to power Kriegsmarine U-boats. In the 1930's the Carl Vinnen was employed in the Australian grain trade. When the Second World War broke out, the ship took refuge in Spain and was interned for the duration. In 1947, with the demise of sail, the Carl Vinnen was broken up for scrap.' From Seafarer website."

(State Library Western Australia)

 

Technical specifications:

Type of ships Five-masted topsail schooner with auxiliary engine

sister ships Adolf Vinnen, Christel Vinnen, Susanne Vinnen, Werner Vinnen

measurement 1,524 NRT, 1,827 GRT

Load capacity 2,400 t

displacement 3,750 tons

Length over everything 97.30 m

Width on frames 13.45 m

sail area 1,838 m 2 , with jib and mainsail (each 241 m 2 ) 2,320 m 2

machine a 4-cyl. Four-stroke diesel engine Germania

engine power 350 PSe

speed 6.5 - 7 kn

Boatyard Friedrich Krupp AG, Germania shipyard, Kiel-Gaarden

Construction year 1922

crew 23 men: Captain, 2 helmsmen, 1 radio operator, 1 sailmaker, 1 carpenter, 4 sailors, 4 light sailors, 4 ship's boys, 1 cook, 1 steward, 1 engineer, 2 engine helpers

(www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/carl-vinnen.476245/)

 

Tim Teppe added:

"Carl Vinnen was bought by the Schliewen Shipping Company and after it went bankrupt was broken up in 1954."

Done