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Thursday, 27 June 2019

Dutch 3-mast sailing ship (ex-Uwe Ursula 1935-1987) Minerva 1987-


North Sea off Scheveningen, Netherlands 23 June 2019

With auxiliary engine. Built by C. Lühring/Luehring, Brake/Kirhchammelwarden, Germany with yard number 183 in 1935 as the Uwe Ursala of a class of 5 ships in 1935 for the cargo trade in the North European coastal waters. Between 1939 and 5 May 1941 iun service of the German Kriegsmarine. In 1951 was the auxiliary engine replaced by a stronger one. In the 1960 were the masts removed and till active in the grain and fertiliser trade in the area Elbe, Nord-Ostsee Kanaal and the south Danish waters until she was laid up mid 1980s. Later restored and converted into a sailing passenger ship. After the restoration annex modernisation was completed in 1987 was she Minerva renamed. IMO 5375084 as Uwe Ursula.