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for "Sweet girl") is a wooden,
gaff-rigged ketch built as the cargo ship ''Havet'' (Danish for "The Sea") in
Svendborg,
Denmark
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in 1939 for Captain Karl Lorenzen. Sold in 1956 to
J. Lauritzen and renamed ''Noona Dan''. ''Noona Dan''
circumnavigated
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the world in 1961/1962 on the Danish research cruise known as the Noona Dan expedition to the
Western Pacific Ocean. After the expedition the ship was sold to
Germany
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as a training ship, first owned and operated by Deutsche Schulschiff-Verein and 1973 by the German
Clipper association. She continues to sail with young people on training cruises in the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
. In winter the ship is moored at
Hamburg-Harburg
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.
1939–1963: Danish years
The ship was built and named ''Havet'' in 1939 at the
J. Ring-Andersen shipyard in
Svendborg, Denmark, for Captain Karl M. Lorenzen. It was designed according to his instructions, which were based on his experience with fishing from
schooner
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s in the waters off
Alaska
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. The design was very successful and the hull design was used for several later ships from the shipyard. ''Havet'' sailed the next 16 years in coastal merchant trade.
The ship was sold in 1957 to the Danish company D/S Ocean, part of the
Lauritzen Group,
Copenhagen
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, and renamed ''Noona Dan''. The ship was refitted with a new engine, a , 3-cylinder
B&W Alpha. In 1958 ''Noona Dan'' was sent to Greenland together with to conduct
oceanographic and
bathymetric measurements along the
Liverpool Coast and
Mestersvig, East Greenland. Lauritzen at the time had seven ships occupied with shipping
ore
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from the newly opened
lead
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and
zinc
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mine in
Mestersvig. ''Noona Dan'' arrived at
Kap Tobin on 25 July 1958, but was surprised by the
pack ice
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and had to seek shelter in
Scoresbysund/Ittoqqortoormiit. The ship was trapped by the ice for the entire summer and forced to overwinter with only three crew members on board. The remaining crew and scientists were taken to Copenhagen by the ship ''Kista Dan''.
Noona Dan Expedition
After the return to Copenhagen Lauritzen offered the ship at the disposal of
University of Copenhagen
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for an expedition to the tropical
western Pacific Ocean. ''Noona Dan'' and the expedition left Copenhagen on 10 April 1961 under command of captain Jørgen Kaas Narup. The goal of the expedition was the western Pacific Ocean, more specifically the many islands in the
Solomon Sea
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and
Bismarck Sea. The route went west, through the
Panama Canal
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and across the Pacific Ocean. A large number of scientist were on board the ship and exchanged along the route. Four researchers shared the role as expedition leader consecutively:
Børge Petersen,
Mogens Køie,
Finn Salomonsen
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His interest in Greenland began at the age of 16 when he made a trip with Lehn Schioler to the Upernavik Dist ...
and
Torben Wolff.
In October 1961 the expedition suffered a loss on
Tawitawi
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, as the ornithologist and taxidermist Erik Petersen died from an allergic reaction to an insect bite. This caused concern among the remaining participants of the expedition and several members announced that they would leave, unless the expedition was joined by a medical doctor.
Lorenz Ferdinand was chosen — not only was he a medical doctor with experience from the
Galathea expedition
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, but also a highly esteemed ornithologist.
The return voyage went through the
Suez Canal
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, which meant that upon arrival in Copenhagen on 9 December 1962, ''Noona Dan'' had
circumnavigated
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The first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth was the Magel ...
the world, as the fourth Danish research vessel (the others being
''Galathea I'', and
''Galathea II'').
1963–present: German training ship
Segelschiff SEUTE DEERN (Kiel 66.768).jpg, ''Seute Deern'' in Kiel
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, 1975
Segelschiff SEUTE DEERN (Kiel 68.203).jpg, ''Seute Deern'' in Kiel, 1975
The Tall Ships' Races - 02-05 07 2009, Gdynia - 05-07-2009 - 139 cropped.jpg, ''Seute Deern'' off Gdynia during 2009 Tall Ships' Races
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Seute Deern Baltic Tall Ships Races 2009 St. Petersburg.jpg, ''Seute Deern'' in St. Petersburg, Russia, during 2009 Tall Ships' Races
File:SS Seute Deern - Ystad-2020.jpg, ''SS Seute Deern'' in the port of Ystad July 24, 2020.
In the early 1960s the German Training Ship Association were looking for a training ship and the interest fell on ''Noona Dan'', as she had established herself as a very reliable and seaworthy ship. The ship was purchased in 1963 for a price of 14,000
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. The ship was renamed ''Seute Deern'' (sometimes ''Seute Deern II'') after an earlier
bark
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of the same name and entered as training ship under command of Captain Günter Ulrichs on the 30 April 1964. With some smaller breaks, the ship continued to serve as a training ship under different forms and ownership. In 2000 it was bought by
Verein Clipper, which continues to operate the ship as training ship for young people on cruises mainly in the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
.
References
Literature
* Arvid Klemensen: ''Med Noona Dan in Sydhavet.'' Grafisk forlag, Copenhagen 1964, .
** English translation: Arvid Klemensen (1965). Strange Island. The Noona Dan in the South Seas. London: Souvenir Press.
External links
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