Abel Tasman

Location of this picture:
Ostend (BE)
Author of this picture: Ship Hunters
Extra info on this picture: N/A

Administrative data
Technical data
name: Abel Tasman
built: 1913
call sign: PCVM
IMO nr: N/A
flag: The Netherlands

last update: 05/12/2008
dimensions: 40.05 x 6.60 x 2.45m
type: schooner
number of masts: 2
total sail surface: 450 square meters
Extra info about this vessel:
Used between '13-'88 as a coastal freighter. The ship is named after the Dutch discoverer Abel J. Tasman (1603-1659) who found Tasmania and some parts of todays New Zealand in 1642. This vessel was rebuilt in 1989.
 
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