Seute Deern (Three Masted Bark) 1919

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Arturo
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Seute Deern (Three Masted Bark) 1919

Post by Arturo » Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:10 pm

Built in Mississippi, U.S.A. in 1919; Gt. 721,38, nt. 630,26; 178.58’ x 36.17’ x 14.76’ (draught) [54.43m (61.45m oa) x 11.30m x 4.6m]; wood hull, barque rig with steel spars, 1.107sq.m. sail area; crew: 10.

Built as Elizabeth Bandi for the Marine Company, Mobile, Alabama, U.S., she was originally a four-masted coastal schooner, but later rebuilt as an auxiliary barque. At the time of her construction, there was an enormous need of trading vessels, hence, hundreds of ships were built. But there was a lack of good dry wood for their construction, so many of the ships were built from fresh wood (Pitchpine). This caused some problems, particularly on Elizabeth Bandi’s first voyage. Loaded with wood, the fresh wood that had been used in her construction, started to twist. As well, it was attacked by worms eating the outer planks, causing her to become leaky. The crew constantly manned the pumps to prevent her from sinking, and when they finally made their destination, she needed extensive repairs before she was able to continue.

Until 1931, the Elizabeth Bandi had sailed under the American flag, but was then sold to a Finnish owner
(William Uskanen) and renamed Bandi. As Bandi, she was primarily involved in the wood export to England. The change from the salty American waters, to the north Baltic Sea, was well suited for her hull. The Baltic Sea water did not contain beetles or wood worms. In 1935, she was sold to W. Uskanen, whose company coincidentally, was called Laiva Bandi. The brokerage firm of Yrjaenen & Kumpp of Bereederung, was in charge of her cargoes. But, they soon had problems finding enough cargo for the ship.

She was sold on Nov. 7, 1938 for 26,500 realm Marks to Germany. The new owner, J. T. Essberger of Hamburg, had the four-masted sailing ship overhauled completely to a three-mast bark. The change began Dec. 16, 1938 with Blohm & Voss (Hamburg) and on June 15, 1939, the nearly new sail-school ship, Seute Deeern, was activated. Up to the end of the Second World War the Seute Deern serviced within the Baltic Sea as a freight and training ship. At the end of war, the bark wound up in Luebeck. The shipping company Essberger brought Seute Deern in June 1946, with the help of a tractor, between Travemuende to Schlichting. There, she was converted into a hotel ship. One year later, the Seute Deern was moved to Hamburg and continued to be used as a hotel and restaurant ship, at the famous “couch place” of the old Ferry VII dock.

The Emder Gastwirtin Erna Hardisty bought her and transferred her to Emden, where she was fastened in December 1964.

On June 22, 1966, she was dragged from Emden to Bremerhaven and its new couch place was in Bremerhaven.

In 1972, she was taken over by the German navigation museum and thoroughly restored. In April 1983, she was renovated into a restaurant ship once again and operated by the Hotel Naber.


Germany, 2003, 2.60 €, S.G.?, Scott; ?.

Source: ; http://www.janmaat.de/seuted.
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Re: Seute Deern (Three Masted Bark) 1919

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:27 pm

Update on SEUTE DEERN built in 1919.

She was built by the Gulfport Shipbuilding in Gulfport Mississippi, USA.


At the end of World War II she was temporarily used by the English authorities in Lübeck, GER. She was towed to Travemünde in 1946, re-rigged and used as a hotel and restaurant ship in Hamburg from 1947 to 1954.
bought by the American Koerts in 1954, who gave her to his hometown Delfzijl, NL as the "Pieter Albert Koerts", named after his father, where she was used as a youth hostel, the need of repairs forced the owners (the City of Delfzijl )to put her up for sale.

1964-66 German owner in Emden, GER under the name "Seute Deern", 1965 sold again and towed to Bremerhaven, GER given a general overhaul and moored as a restaurant ship in the old habour of Bremerhaven.
1964-66, German owner in Emden, GER under the name "SEUTE DEERN ", 1965 sold again and towed to Bremerhaven, GER given a general overhaul and moored as a restaurant ship in the old habour of Bremerhaven.

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In 1972, the German Maritime Museum Bremerhaven received the barque as a founding gift from the city of Bremerhaven. Both cities in the state, Bremerhaven and Bremen, allowed the SEUTE DEERN to overhaul her again thoroughly. This put her among the world's museum ships . The bark was used as a restaurant, museum and wedding ship in Bremerhaven in front of the Columbus Center . Over time, it became a landmark of the city of Bremerhaven.
Further and extensive work had to be carried out in order to preserve the SEUTE DEERN . The ship was last docked at the beginning of the 21st century. In the 2010s it became clear that it needed extensive restoration to be preserved. So the hull was leaking . The ship was only kept afloat with the help of pumps, which pumped up to 150,000 liters of water out of the hull every day.
Shipwreck in port
When it was last repaired in 1978, 600 liters of water got in per day. Since there was no money, only the essentials were repaired. Six pumps were later installed, which ultimately pumped 150 cubic meters of water overboard per day. On February 15, 2019, the forecastle caught fire between the inner and outer paneling not far from the galley for reasons that are still unclear. [9] [10] Planks were removed above the waterline for firefighting. After all six pumps failed, the ship sank to the bottom of the port on August 30, 2019. A dam made of harbor silt on the harbor side prevented the ship from tipping over and falling onto Columbusstrasse.
After experts had analyzed the damage, the Board of Trustees of the German Maritime Museum decided in October 2019 that the SEUTE DEERN should be scrapped. The damage was described as a "structural total loss". The scrapping itself should take place in the port, since even transport to a shipyard no longer seemed possible. At the end of March 2020, the ship was towed into port for scrapping. The cost of scrapping the SEUTE DEERN is estimated at three million euros. If you add the salvage and security costs after the accident, the disposal of the museum ship will cost a total of around five million euros. In November 2019, the budget committee of the Bundestag decided to provide federal funds of 47 million euros for the reconstruction of the ship. In early 2020, the dismantling of the ship began, on March 12, 2021, the dismantling of the hull. Some historically valuable parts of the ship remain.
A report commissioned by the Bremerhaven magistrate and presented on October 2, 2020 came to the conclusion that a wooden replica of the SEUTE DEERN is not feasible for cost reasons. Instead, the appraiser, Torsten Conradi , suggested building a replica of a historic cargo ship out of steel. As a model for this, he named the NAJADA, which was launched in 1888 and which, as the first full- rigged ship made of steel to be built in Germany, illustrates the high level of technology at the time at the Geestemünde shipyard Joh. C. Tecklenborg . The replica will cost around 34.4 million euros. A decision on whether to implement the proposal is pending. The Federal Audit Office criticized the project.
The SEUTE DEERN was dismantled alongside the Baltimore pier in Bremerhaven. The work took about two months.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seute_Dee ... iff,_1919)

https://www.dsm.museum/en/about-us/hist ... ul-history
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