Abel Tasman

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Author: Ship Hunters collection
Location: (BE) Oostende
Date: 16/04/2008


Administrative data Technical data
name: Abel Tasman
built: 1913
call sign: PCVM
ENI: 02605607
flag: The Netherlands
dimensions: 40.05 x 6.60 x 2.45 m
type: schooner
capacity: number of masts: 2
total sail surface: 450 square meters
speed: N/A

former name(s): new name(s):
Hermann ('13-'88)
Laksen ('88-'90)
Atlantis ('90-'99)
No known new names

We also have pictures of this vessel under the folowing name(s).

Extra info:
Used between '13-'88 as a coastal freighter. The ship is named after the Dutch discoverer Abel J. Tasman (1603-1659) who found Tasmania and some parts of todays New Zealand in 1642. This vessel was rebuilt in 1989.

Converted? This vessel is still the same type as it was built.
Museum? No
Scrapping? Not scrapped on 01/11/2019.
Casualty? No