North Sea Clipper Albatros

Design: Dutch built steel sailing clipper
Year Built: 1899
Class: Clipper class ketch rigged.
Keel Type: Flat bottomed with bilge keels, lee boards removed.

ALBATROS” is a Dutch North Sea Clipper built in 1899 as a cargo vessel for the trade between Holland and the Baltic. She was fully restored to her former glory between 1983 and 1988 and sailed the North Sea and the Baltic, as the last freight carrier under sail in the regular trade in Western Europe till 1997. In 1998 “ALBATROS” was converted to a sail training and passenger ship with Classification Z1.2.3.4 from Register Holland with IMO number 5008356.

Builder: Kalkman, Cappelle a/d Ijssel, near Rotterdam

Albatros Left Wells harbour on the 18th of August 2020, heading for Downs Road Boatyard for extensive work carried out by Heritage Marine Foundation.

New standing and running rigging, complete interior fit out, new plating on the hull, new bowsprit and Mizzen spars, completely re wired and all new systems installed. All apprentices for Heritage Marine Foundation were heavily involved in this 3 year project.