Ship's log
27.04.1957: launched at Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany, NB 5169 07.06.1957: delivered as combined motorlogger (herring drifter and sidefishing trawler), 31.39 23.33 GRT 147.84 NRT, 4x 7.94 x 3.62 m, engine: Deutz SBV6 M545 Diesel 4s6c 600 hp, Bielefeld BV 106, callsign DLDQ, to Bremen-Vegesacker Fischerei-Gesellschaft, Vegesack, Germany 08.07.1964: sailed into Lerwick, sailed out the next day 05.05.1966: owners restyled to Bremen-Vegesacker Fischerei-Gesellschaft mbH, Bremen-Vegesack 08.1969: ownership moved to Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei Bremerhaven, fishing off West Africa, under leasing arrangement to Ghana, but obviously only laid up there 12.1970: laid up in Tema, Ghana, inspected by buyers and Bernhard Blanke from owners 09.02.1971: sold to Harry Meldgaard Jensen and Hakon Svendsen (each 50%), Esbjerg, Denmark, renamed Starfish E 213, callsign OXUO, homeport Esbjerg, Denmark, tonnage now 296.74 GRT 152.31 NRT, sailed via Las Palmas, Canary Islands (for drydocking) to Esbjerg, then fishing on Northsea 21.03.1980: Harry Meldgaard Jensen sells his 50% to the sons of Hakon Svendsen, Ebbe and Agner Svendsen (now 25% each) 03.1984: Hakon Svendsen dies, his 50% moved to his wife 18.07.1984: renamed Saint Kilda E 218, the brothers Ebbe and Agne Svendsen take over their fathers 50% from their mother 10.1989: sold to Jörg Bartholomäus, Diedorf, Germany 05.1991: sold further to Dr. Bernd Schottdorf, Augsburg, Germany, at Jöhnk Werft, Hamburg-Harburg, converted to sailing vessel with indosail rigg 07.1992: ownership moved to Syscomp Shipping Ltd., St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, renamed Syscomp I, callsign V2PL, homeport moved to St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, tonnage now 394 GT 118 NT, 51.50 x (41.04) x 7.90 x 5.43 m, sailarea about 700 m2 05.10.1998: renamed Saint Kilda, for sale as owners are building another vessel 07.2001: sold to Raymond Helmer, Montreal, Canada and a group of shareholders 05.2002: after a major refit in the port of Cap-aux-Meules, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada, renamed Sedna IV, owner: 3903109 Canada Inc., Quebec, Canada, homeport Cap-aux-Meules, tonnage now 394 GT 118 NT, 51.34 x 7.90 x 4.20 m 08.07.2002: leaving Magdalen Islands, 47°22'N 061°51'W, for an Arctic Mission (expedition) through the Northwest Passage 24.08.2002: reaching Beechey Island, 74°00'N 089°56'W, where Franklin wintered 1846 during one of his expeditions in search of a navigable Northwest Passage 10.09.2002: reaching Point Barrow, Alaska, 71°48'N 156°47'W, the most northerly point of the United States 23.09.2002: arrived at Little Diomede Island, 65°53'N 168°39'W, Bering Strait, landing denied by Russian Authorities 22.11.2002: arrived in Vancouver, 48°17'N 123°07'W, Arctic Mission completed 27.03.2003: ship owner adopts new corporate name, Navigation Sedna Inc. https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=2574276 http://www.fiskerforum.dk/nostalgi/default.asp?mode=kutter_3&kutterId=297 01.02.2004: ship owner Navigation Sedna Inc. amalgamates with Les Productions Ciné-Bio Inc.References
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