The
DAGMAR AAEN was built as a fishing cutter in 1931 in
the Danish city of Esbjerg at the N. P. Jensen shipyard and was given
the registration number E 510.
The hull was built out of six cm oak planks and oak frames. The space
between the single frames is sometimes so small, that a fist can hardly
fit between them.
Because of this and due to the addition of extra waterproof bulkheads,
the hull was given a remarkably high strength. The ship was often used
in the Greenland region because of its solid built and its choice
building materials. Journeys through ice-fields and months of
overwintering in frozen fjords and bays meant daily routine to a ship of
this type.
The famous Greenland explorer Knut Rasmussen chose just such a ship for
one of his expeditions in the Arctic regions. The
DAGMAR AAEN was employed for the fishing industry until 1977. Niels Bach
purchased her in 1988 together with the Peters shipyard in Wewelsfleth
Germany and the Skibs & Bædebyggeri shipyard, owned by Christian Jonsson
in Egernsund Denmark, built her into expedition ship with ice
reinforcements. Since this time there have been many repairs and changes
done at the shipyard, in order to adapt the ship to the different
conditions on each expedition.
The
DAGMAR AAEN was built as a fishing cutter in 1931 in
the Danish city of Esbjerg at the N. P. Jensen shipyard and was given
the registration number E 510.
The
DAGMAR AAEN was employed for the fishing industry until 1977. Niels Bach
purchased her in 1988 together with the Peters shipyard in Wewelsfleth
Germany and the Skibs & Bædebyggeri shipyard, owned by Christian Jonsson
in Egernsund Denmark, built her into expedition ship with ice
reinforcements. Since this time there have been many repairs and changes
done at the shipyard, in order to adapt the ship to the different
conditions on each expedition.