Norda
Norda
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| History | |
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| malformed flag imagePoland | |
| Name: | Norda |
| Owner: | G.Weston & A.Graf |
| Ordered: | 1928 |
| Builder: | K. Frederiksunde, Denmark |
| Laid down: | 1928 |
| Launched: | 1929 |
| Christened: | Ewa |
| Commissioned: | MIR (Polish Fishery Institute) |
| Renamed: | Putzig 2, Wla-17, Zag-9, Norda |
| Refit: | 1985-1995-2015 |
| Homeport: | Gdynia, Poland |
| Status: | active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Wishbone ketch |
| Displacement: | 45 tons |
| Length: | 20.5 m (67 ft) |
| Beam: | 5.43 m (17.8 ft) |
| Draft: | 2.85 m (9.4 ft) |
| Decks: | 1 |
| Propulsion: | sail, 160 hp diesel |
| Sail plan: | wishbone ketch |
| Crew: | 2 to 40 |
| Notes: | Sail area: 170 m² |
Norda is a wooden sailing vessel that was commissioned in 1928, originally used as a research vessel in Poland. It served as research vessel, fishing vessel and is now a yacht.
The vessel was commissioned in 1928 by MIR (Polish Fishing Institute). It was built in 1928 to order of in the Andersen Shipyard in Frederikssunde, Denmark. It was christened Ewa, inspired by the names of daughters of both Professor Michał Siedlecki and Dr Franciszek Lubecki, two distinguished scientists and maritime researches pioneers.
MIR owned another vessel that was almost the same: a few months earlier they acquired another cutter Starnia, which was also used for finding new fishing grounds and fisherman’s training. Both vessels played an important role in the development of the sea fishery industry in Poland.
The classical hull of the cutter, with straight bow and spoon shaped stern, was built form oak. The boat was built as a sailing vessel with an auxiliary motor. The propulsion system was composed of two-cylinder motor Tuxham of 64-76 hp and ketch rigged gaff sails. The GRT was 29 ton and the NRT was 10 ton. The total area of the four sails was 160 m2. Under the deck was space for crew of five people, four scientists and laboratory. When already in use as research vessel, a wheel house was built on the aft deck.
Till 1936 the cutter was commanded by Jan Lemke. In that time Ewa sailed the Baltic and was used for research expeditions organized by scientists form MIR, The Department of Economy and Organization of Fishery in Bydgoszcz, The Sea Fishery Laboratory form Hel and departments of the Scientists Laboratory of Farming from Puławy. In 1932 those institutions were united in the maritime base in Hel, which was also the home harbor or Norda at that time. Those expeditions contributed to recognition of fishing grounds at the Baltic Sea and development of polish sea biology and ichthyology.
After six years of intensive exploitation Ewa had to be renovated. In 1939, during inspection at the Fishery Shipyard in Gdynia, it was ascertained that the hull had been seriously damaged (rotten) and the cutter was qualified to be destroyed. At that time Antoni Budzisz from Gdynia became interested in her. He bought the cutter from MIR and adapted her as a fishing boat. Ewa was being overhauled and the damaged parts of the hull were exchanged.
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