La BOUDEUSE Tall ship
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:12 pm
Built as a steel hulled sailing herring-logger by Werf Gebr. Figee, Vlaardingen, Netherlands for account of Maatschappij tot beheer van Stoomtrawlers en andere Vissersvaartuigen (A.S. de Vries), IJmuiden, Netherlands.
Launched as the ELSA fishing No IJ-85.
Tonnage 148 gross, 103 net, dim. 106.5 x 21.8 x 7.5ft
1916 Completed.
Used in the North Sea as a herring fishing vessel.
1920 Sold to Vereenigde Explotatie Maatschappij, not renamed.
From 1926 till 1930 laid up, most probably still in Ijmuiden.
1930 Sold to Rederij Haasnoot in Katwijk, not renamed.
May 1931 sold to Shipyard Karlshamn, Sweden for 9375 Dutch Guilders.
August 1931 Sold to Captain Oscar Albert Paborn and others, Sölvesborg for £16.000 by the Karlshamn Shipyard, after she was modernised and a 2-cyl. Bolinder oil engine was installed of 90 nhp.
Tonnage then given as 129.49 grt, 87.93 net. Renamed in VIDA and used as a cargo vessel.
On a voyage from Slite to Stockholm loaded with cement she came in collision with the vessel SWAN in which the VIDA was damaged.
1942 Given as a three mast schooner, and a new midsection with a length of 4.2m was added.
November 1954 owner given as Oskar Bertil Stahl, Sölvesborg.
June 1959 sold for £85.000 to Captain Gustav Herbert Görling and others in Smögen, Sweden and renamed GRIMSÖ.
24 November 1959 grounded at Jomfruland south off Lang Sund on a voyage from Neustad with saltpetre.
July 1961 owned by Captain Karl Arve Görling, Smögen.
August 1962 sold for 110,000 Skr to Captain P.R. John Smith at Slite.
January 1972 sold for £40,000 to Rederi AB Sudersand in Slite, renamed SUDERSAND.
October 1975 Captain Karl Gustav Andars Holm and his wife sold the sailship MARIE to Ake Fridell in Stockholm for 110,000 Skr. Was then used as sailing schooner with paying guest.
Owner given as AB Maria, Stockholm.
1981 Renamed in VIDA.
Dim. 42.36 x 6.60 x 2.70m. (draught) Sail area 660 square meters.
Powered by an auxiliary Scania diesel of 230 hp.
Between 1985 and 1990 owner given as Vida Shipping, Stockholm, not renamed.
Sold March/April 1996 to Finnboda Marin AB, Stockholm.
May/June 1996 sold to Segelfartygsrederiet Vida AB, Stockholm.
2003 Sold to Esprit de Bougainville, France and renamed La BOUDEUSE.
After a refit of 6 months at the Chantier de Camaret she came in service as an expedition ship:
Displacement 250 ton. Dim. now 46 x 6.6 x 2.7m. (draught)
Schooner rigged, sail area 700 square metres.
Owner given as École de l’Aventure.
Crew 26.
After a round the world tour dedicated to the discovery of the ‘peoples on the water” she arrived in October 2007 on the River Seine in Paris where the French public could visit the vessel.
October 2009 she sailed out for a new “Earth-Ocean” voyage a scientific mission.
June 2010 she was financial in trouble with a huge debt and she was for sale at Martinique for 2.5 million Euro.
06 September 2010 she moored at Nantes, to find a solution for her debt problem and to prevent her sale.
13 December 2110 seized by the IRS due to an unpaid VAT.
2012 She was taken over by the Association for International Solidarity (ACTED) a new fund was created called “Mission Earth-Ocean” and this fund will operate the La BOUDEUSE from 2012. The mission will be devoted to research on major environmental issues, climate and people.
2013 In service
Source Tall Ship Fan. Wikipedia. Internet and Lloyds Registers.
Guinea 2012 400.000 Fr sg?, scott? (the torpedo boat is the PT-109 of John Kennedy fame.)
Launched as the ELSA fishing No IJ-85.
Tonnage 148 gross, 103 net, dim. 106.5 x 21.8 x 7.5ft
1916 Completed.
Used in the North Sea as a herring fishing vessel.
1920 Sold to Vereenigde Explotatie Maatschappij, not renamed.
From 1926 till 1930 laid up, most probably still in Ijmuiden.
1930 Sold to Rederij Haasnoot in Katwijk, not renamed.
May 1931 sold to Shipyard Karlshamn, Sweden for 9375 Dutch Guilders.
August 1931 Sold to Captain Oscar Albert Paborn and others, Sölvesborg for £16.000 by the Karlshamn Shipyard, after she was modernised and a 2-cyl. Bolinder oil engine was installed of 90 nhp.
Tonnage then given as 129.49 grt, 87.93 net. Renamed in VIDA and used as a cargo vessel.
On a voyage from Slite to Stockholm loaded with cement she came in collision with the vessel SWAN in which the VIDA was damaged.
1942 Given as a three mast schooner, and a new midsection with a length of 4.2m was added.
November 1954 owner given as Oskar Bertil Stahl, Sölvesborg.
June 1959 sold for £85.000 to Captain Gustav Herbert Görling and others in Smögen, Sweden and renamed GRIMSÖ.
24 November 1959 grounded at Jomfruland south off Lang Sund on a voyage from Neustad with saltpetre.
July 1961 owned by Captain Karl Arve Görling, Smögen.
August 1962 sold for 110,000 Skr to Captain P.R. John Smith at Slite.
January 1972 sold for £40,000 to Rederi AB Sudersand in Slite, renamed SUDERSAND.
October 1975 Captain Karl Gustav Andars Holm and his wife sold the sailship MARIE to Ake Fridell in Stockholm for 110,000 Skr. Was then used as sailing schooner with paying guest.
Owner given as AB Maria, Stockholm.
1981 Renamed in VIDA.
Dim. 42.36 x 6.60 x 2.70m. (draught) Sail area 660 square meters.
Powered by an auxiliary Scania diesel of 230 hp.
Between 1985 and 1990 owner given as Vida Shipping, Stockholm, not renamed.
Sold March/April 1996 to Finnboda Marin AB, Stockholm.
May/June 1996 sold to Segelfartygsrederiet Vida AB, Stockholm.
2003 Sold to Esprit de Bougainville, France and renamed La BOUDEUSE.
After a refit of 6 months at the Chantier de Camaret she came in service as an expedition ship:
Displacement 250 ton. Dim. now 46 x 6.6 x 2.7m. (draught)
Schooner rigged, sail area 700 square metres.
Owner given as École de l’Aventure.
Crew 26.
After a round the world tour dedicated to the discovery of the ‘peoples on the water” she arrived in October 2007 on the River Seine in Paris where the French public could visit the vessel.
October 2009 she sailed out for a new “Earth-Ocean” voyage a scientific mission.
June 2010 she was financial in trouble with a huge debt and she was for sale at Martinique for 2.5 million Euro.
06 September 2010 she moored at Nantes, to find a solution for her debt problem and to prevent her sale.
13 December 2110 seized by the IRS due to an unpaid VAT.
2012 She was taken over by the Association for International Solidarity (ACTED) a new fund was created called “Mission Earth-Ocean” and this fund will operate the La BOUDEUSE from 2012. The mission will be devoted to research on major environmental issues, climate and people.
2013 In service
Source Tall Ship Fan. Wikipedia. Internet and Lloyds Registers.
Guinea 2012 400.000 Fr sg?, scott? (the torpedo boat is the PT-109 of John Kennedy fame.)