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Friday, 17 July 2026

Figurehead of the Dutch sailing vessel Artemis (1926)

Harlingen, Vlissingen 5 July 2026

Since 4 July 2026 is she fitted out with her newly made figurehead which is a reference to the past when she was a whaler. The figurehead was made by Jan Bruinsma in 2001 but stored on the attic. Netherlands-flagged, IMO 5209699, MMSI 244875000 and call sign PCFB. Gross tonnage 321 tons, summer deadweight 457 tons and as dimensions 59 x 7,01 x 3,49 metres. Sail area 1.050 square metres. Speed 7 (engine)-9 (sail) knots. One 550hp caterpillar with bow thruster Built in 1926 at the Nylands Verksted, Oslo, Norway for whale fishery in the Arctic and Antartic as the Pol II, renamed in Swedish service into Lister in 1948 and converted into a cargo ship operated between Asia and South-America, renamed Artemis in 1996 and in 2000-2001 bought by the Bruinsma brothers and rebuilt as a sailing 3-mast barque.

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