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GUNILLA

Post by shipstamps » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:03 pm

Built as a steel auxiliary 3 mast cargo vessel under yard No 287 by Oskarhamns Varv A/B, Oskarhamn, Sweden, for Rederi A/B Tellus, Oskarhamn.
1940 Launched under the name GUNILLA.
Tonnage 290 grt, 173 net, 222 dwt., dim. 119.3 x 27.2 x 10ft.
Powered by a 3-cyl oil engine, manufactured by A/B Jönköpings Mtrnbrk., Jönköping. 101 nhp.
She was strengthened for ice.
Schooner rigged.
July 1945 completed.

After she was completed in 1940 she came not in service during World War II, and after the war used as cargo vessel carrying all sorts of cargo, like bulk cargo, general cargo and cars.

1954 Lengthened; tonnage 371 grt, 251 net, 540 dwt., dim. 160.7 x 27.4 x 11.4ft. In use as a motorised cargo vessel.
1955/56 Owned by A/B Rob. Myrsten, Sweden, and managed by Robert Myrsten, Slite, Gotland.
1961 Renamed in MONICA, most probably under an other owner.
1965 After her last loaded voyage with grain she was bought by Mot Bättre Vetande (Sailing Schools for Better Knowledge)
1965 Renamed again in GUNILLA, and fitted out as a bark, after a two year conversion she was ready for service, with an exact copy figure-head of the daughter of the first owner, the original figure-head is in the Maritime Museum of Oskarhamn.
Tonnage 402 gross, dim. 61.00 x 8.23 x 3.76m., draught 3.20m, length bpp. 42.05m.
Bark rigged the rigging was designed by Alan Palmer of the Åland Islands.
Sail area 1.040 square meter.
One auxiliary Caterpilar diesel engine, 550 hp.
Crew 10 and 38 trainees.

Between 1997 and 1999 she underwent a modernisation and restoration, to comply with the latest demands of safety and comfort.
She is today one of the largest sailing vessels under Swedish flag, and chartered by the “Den Seglande Gymnasieskolan” (Sailing Upper-Secondary School) for a greater part of the seasons, provides educational programs which combines theory and practice for students.
Sailing routes are often set to fit routes of The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races and sailing festivals.

Source: http://www.tallship-fan.de/cgi-bin/tallship_e.pl Great Sailing Ships of the World by Otto Schäuffelen. Lloyds Register 1940, 1945 and 1955/56.
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