Sail Training Vessel Tecla
The Tecla is an old, steel hulled Herring drifter (Logger) built in 1915, Vlaardingen. She is :38m overall, 6,6m wide (beam) and has a draft of 2,7m. She carries 400m2 of sail. The Tecla was once build as herring drifter. A fishing vessel that would roam the North Sea for weeks on end to fill her hull with barrels of herring. The Tecla was build in 1915 as a ketch sailing ship, build without engine or other propulsion except her sails. These Loggers were being built by the dozen in the early 1900’s, there were streets with more then 3 or 4 dockyards next to each other. Here each builder had his own special design. A design to carry as much fish as possible and still be the fastest of the fleet. Big fishing companies commissioned the build of their ideal hull and rigging to get the first barrel of fish in and sell it at auction. The Tecla was build in Vlaardingen for the fleet of Katwijk, her fishing number was KW143 and her name when build was ‘Graaf van Limburg Stirum’. The Tecla fished for 5 years and survived the first world war when many fishing vessel came to an end by bombing. But in 1920 she was layed-up and neglected. In the years she fished there had come a new age, the age of the combustion diesel engine. The build of new vessels with engine continued as the old drifters got to expensive to maintain.
Size: 5196px × 3464px
Location: Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, UK
Photo credit: © Roger Hollingsworth / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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