Bow of a sailing ship, port basin and ships and houses along the basin
© Mailin Knoke

"Fahrewohl von Büsum" - Sailing ship

The "Fahrewohl von Büsum" is the oldest crab cutter in Büsum that is still able to drive.

A museum ship with sails set.
The fishing boat "Fahrewohl von Büsum" on a trip
©Museumshafen Büsum e.V.
Logo of the Creative Commons License »Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 3.0« (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)This picture is licensed under the license »Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 3.0« (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

The ship was built in 1912 at the Junge-Werft in Wewelsfleth on the Elbe and had its home port in Büsum until 1921. At first, the cutter only drove with sailing power and even won a regatta in 1914. One year later she was equipped with an engine. The "Fahrewohl" was used after 1926 in Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog, Cuxhaven and Friedrichskoog. In the years 1943 to 1945 it served in the French Dunkirk, in order to fish shot down airplane pilots from the English channel. In the post-war years until 1976 it continued to operate as a cutter. She was purchased by the Museumshafenverein in Hamburg at the end of 2007 and transferred to Büsum in 2008.

The small museum ship has been a guest at SAIL Bremerhaven in the past.

Type: Gaff cutter
Owner: Museumshafen Büsum e. V.
Home port: Büsum
Nation: GER
Length: 15,12 m
Width: 3,50 m
Draught: 1,25 m
Sail area: 74
Crew: 4

All sailboats from A-Z

Choose the first letter of the name of the sailing ship:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1 - 16 / 21
1 / 2

All motor vessels from A-Z

Choose the first letter of the name of the motor ship:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
2 / 2

All steamers from A-Z

Choose the first letter of the name of the steamer:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1 / 1

The following keywords were given for this article