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ARTEMIS


Vessel stats

Class A
Nationality Netherlands
Year Built 1926
Rig Barque 3

Specification


  • Name: ARTEMIS
  • Class: A
  • Nationality: Netherlands
  • Year built: 1926
  • Rig: Barque 3
  • Height: 16.38 m
  • Length of hull: 20.28 m
  • Entered by: Tall Ship Artemis B.V.

About


  • Number of trainees: 32
  • Number of permanent crew: 6

Tall ship races and regattas


Biography


Artemis is the goddess of the hunt in Greek mythology.

The Frisian Sailing Company’s new flagship was given that name when she was launched in 1926. Equipped as a whaling vessel, she hunted whales until the end of the 1940’s. She chiefly navigated the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean.

In the 1950’s, she was converted into a freighter and sailed mainly between Asia and South America. During these voyages, however, her home port remained Marstal, Denmark.