Oostende voor anker 2018

Am I Right, that this Event is in one week already?
Do you know or is it published wich ships will be there?
Thanks for sharing
 
Am I Right, that this Event is in one week already?
Do you know or is it published wich ships will be there?
Thanks for sharing
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hello Uwek the biggest this year are the Belem (France) and the Bulgarian Barkentine Royal Helena
below a list of the other participants this year


http://www.oostendevooranker.be/nl/visit/schepen
 
Both beautiful ships, but also other vessels on the list are very interesting.
A nice potpourri of all types and periods......thanks for the link.
So if do not „hear“ us before, I wish you a lot of fun......and show us some photos afterwards.....please
 
hello all, yesterday the admiral and I went to Ostend anchored and our first visit was the Mercator, formerly training ship of the Belgian merchant fleet, believe it or not this was my first visit to the Mercator who has been in the area for many, many years. Ostend harbor as a museum ship.
here also a bit about the history and specifications of the Mercator
Specifications
Mercator is a composite rigging. The foremast carries square sails, the main mast and the mizzen mast are rigged with fore and aft sails. Usually the Mercator carried 15 sails with a total surface of about 1600 m². By fair wind she could easily make 13 knots.

History
Mercator's real-time-off in 1934 when the ship sailed from Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Papeete, to the Marquis Islands and Honolulu for a Belgo-French scientific expedition. This was the seventh cruise and known to be a World War Two.

In 1936 Ostend's Mercator had the great honor of bringing home the remains of the Flemish missionary and apostle of the lepers, Father Damian, from Molokai island.

On February 21, 1940, Mercator set out for her last cruise before World War 2. She sailed to Rio de Janeiro and afterward arrived in Boma.

From early 1945 to mid 1947, the ship was under the custody of the British Admiralty as a "Submarine Depot Ship". Unfortunately after 1947, the once elegant ship was not expected until January 20, 1951. After her horrible experience in Great Britain.

In 1960, Mercator returned to service as a training ship and completed 41 voyages, sailing almost all seas. After that she performed quite a few scientific missions. Besides that, they also completed races in Torbay-Lisbon (1956), Brest Canary Islands (1958) and Oslo-Ostend (1960).

All of these historic events are impossible without captains: Captain R. Van de Sande (from 1932 till 1955), Captain R. Ghys (from 1955 till 1960).

Tonnage: 770 gross tons
Length: 78.5 m (258 ft) overall; 68 m (223 ft) hull length [1]
Beam: 10.6 m (35 ft)
Height: foremast 39 m (128 ft); mainmast 41 m (135 ft); mizzenmast 40 meters (130 ft)
Draft: 5.1 m (17 ft)
Sail plan: Three-masted barquentine, 15 sails: four jibs, four square foresails, three staysails, two spankers, two gaff topsails
Speed: 13 knots (24 km / h, 15 mph)
Crew: 150

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Yesterday a few ships visited at the last day of Ostend at anchor, here are the photos. the first was the Hydrograaf a Dutch recording vessel that is now being used as Party Ship
greetings from Ostend
Dj
Construction
The ship was built in 1909-1910 by the Maatschappij voor Scheeps- en Werktuigbouw Fijenoord in Rotterdam. The ship was put into action on 11 October 1909 and launched on 26 January 1910. As usual at the time it was a steamer with two coal-fired steam engines. It gained a draft of just 1.80 meters, making it perfectly capable of operating in the shallow coastal waters in the Southwest Netherlands, the Zuiderzee and the Wadden Sea.

Recording vessel
On 4 May 1910, the Royal Navy commissioned the Hydrograph. Most of the time, the ship served as a vessel in a particular region from April to October. Outside this season, it was not possible to make withdrawals due to the weather conditions. The ship was officially taken in and out of service for every season. In the winter months the ship usually stayed in Hellevoetsluis or in Willemsoord, Den Helder. The ship did not sail in the gray colors of the navy, but had a black hull and yellow structure. In 1921 the ship was reinforced by the Eilerts de Haan built on the same shipyard.

The Hydrograph was used several times as a royal yacht during visits by Queen Wilhelmina, Prince Hendrik and Princess Juliana to places in the South Holland and Zeeland waters. In the aft ship, a cabin was set up for this purpose below deck. During the royal visit to Zeeland in 1921, the royal party spent the night from 15 to 16 September on board the ship, which lay in the port of Vlissingen. To be able to visit as many places as possible in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in one day the following day, 16 September, the ship took care of the Vlissingen-Breskens (morning), Breskens-Terneuzen (noon) and Terneuzen-Hansweert (evening) crossings. On 31 March and 1 April 1922, the Hydrograph Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana van Vlaardingen brought to Den Briel (Brielle) to attend the festivities around the 350th anniversary of the conquest of Den Briel by the Sea Beggars. Queen and princess spent the night on board of the Hydrograaf on the roads of Den Briel. During the royal visit to Zeeland from 5 to 8 August 1924, the Hydrograaf took care of the sailings of Stavenisse-Zierikzee, Zierikzee-Middelburg (5 August), Veere-Kamperland, Kortgene-Wolphaartsdijk (7 August) and Hansweert-Walsoorden, Terneuzen-Breskens and Breskens-Vlissingen (August 8).


Hydrographic recording performed from Hr. Ms. Hydrograph
In May 1940 the ship sailed from Flushing to England. During the Second World War it was used as a lodging ship for the minefield. On 25 September 1943 the ship arrived in Harwich for use as a depot ship. After the capture of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, the ship was at the disposal of the Commander in Zeeland in October 1944. It immediately served as a collection vessel to better map the important access to the port of Antwerp. After the war the ship came back into service for the Hydrographic Service. As such, it was removed from the strength by the Royal Netherlands Navy on 16 October 1962 and replaced by the modern vessel Zeefakkel. It was the last coal-fired steamship of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Sea cadet ship

Artistic impression of the Hydrograph by the Belgian art painter Yasmina
The ship was transferred to the Zeekadetkorps in Rotterdam, where it was taken into use in October 1964. During the transfer, Hr.Ms. from the name, because it was no longer under the command of a naval officer. Later it came into the possession of the corps Den Helder and Amsterdam. The ship was returned as much as possible to the old state. In 1982, the Amsterdam corps took part in a summer camp in Oude Zeug (Wieringermeer) for the first time with its own corps ship (towed). Due to lack of money, the condition of the ship deteriorated, lying in the former Zouthaven in Amsterdam.

Party ship
At the end of 1983 the ship was sold to Harry Smit, who had already refurbished many botters, barges and horns in the ports around the IJsselmeer. The Hydrograph was completely restored, finished in a luxurious salon boat and equipped with two Rolls-Royce diesel engines to make day trips with companies. During the sailing event Sail Amsterdam 1985 the ship made its debut. Since then, the Hydrograaf has been the home port of Amsterdam to rent as a party ship
 

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the second ship was the replica of the ship of Peter the great the "Shtandart"
The first Shtandart (1703)
The name Shtandart signifies Peter the Great's desire to gain access to the Baltic Sea, which at the time of the Shtandart's construction was dominated by the Swedish Empire. A plan to take control of the Baltic Sea away from Sweden was revived after Peter's Grand Embassy ended in 1698. The name refers more directly to a naval ensign created for the new Baltic Fleet, of which the Shtandart was the first ship.[2][3] Peter's goal was finally realized after he decisively defeated Swedish forces at the Battle of Poltava[4][5] in 1709, a turning point for Russia in the Great Northern War (1700–1721).

The Shtandart's design combined techniques from English and Dutch shipbuilding schools. The frame of the ship is wide, almost square, and the ship's double bottom is flat, reducing the draft. The high rigging of the sails is in the English style. The frigate was launched on August 22, 1703 and set sail on September 8, 1703 for St. Petersburg.

The Shtandart and Peter I
The Shtandart was built in only five months, and Tsar Peter I's personal involvement may have expedited the construction. Peter had learned shipbuilding techniques from the Dutch during his Grand Embassy tour of western Europe (1697–98), and he sailed on the Shtandart as its captain under the pseudonym Peter Mihajlov on its maiden voyage from Olonets to Saint Petersburg in September 1703.


Emperor Peter I at a shipyard (Lemersoue 1709)
In the great cabin there is a compass hanging over a table which can only be read from its underside. A Russian legend relates that this compass hung over Peter's hammock and that when he woke up, he always checked the compass to ensure that the frigate was on course.

Repairs and breakup
The Shtandart was overhauled in 1710 and four cannons were added to her armament, making her a 28-gun frigate. The ship was laid up in drydock in 1711 to have several beams replaced. In 1727 Catherine I ordered a survey of the frigate to determine if she was sound enough for another refit. During an attempt to raise the ship above the waterline, the hull was cut in half by cables used in the process. The Shtandart was broken up, and Catherine ordered a replacement to be built. This order was finally carried out in 1994.

The modern replica (1999)
Main article: Shtandart (frigate, 1999)
In 1994 a small group of sailing enthusiasts led by Vladimir Martus started construction of a replica of the ship. Martus developed a new layout of the Shtandart wherein she was built with four bulkheads, dividing her into five compartments. The "Shtandart Project" (a non-commercial organisation dedicated to youth development) launched a replica of the frigate on September 4, 1999.
 

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Thank you very much for the interesting reports, histories and information of the different vessels and off course also especially for the photos.
...many thanks for sharing with us :cool:
 
Thank you very much for the interesting reports, histories and information of the different vessels and off course also especially for the photos.
...many thanks for sharing with us :cool:
thank you Uwe, it is my pleasure to contribute my part in the forum, and to show a little bit of Ostend to the people from all over the world who are represented here
Greetings
Dj (willy)
 
Great photos Dj, it always amazes me the skill and courage it would need to sail these large sailing ships for months at a time in high seas, wind and rain, climbing the rigging and hanging off the Yard Arms, I don't like the 2 hour ferry crossing on the Irish Sea so I certainly couldn't spend time on one of these ships.
Cheers Andy
 
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