THOR HEYERDAHL
Sailing · Germany · Class A
Current position
updated 17 hr agoIdentity & particulars
- Name
- THOR HEYERDAHL
- IMO number
- 5221491
- MMSI
- 211232340
- Call sign
- DKQH
- Flag
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Vessel type
- Sailing
- Gross tonnage
- 211
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 50 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- —
- Builder
- E.J. Smit & Zoon's Scheepswerven
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About THOR HEYERDAHL
Thor Heyerdahl (named after Thor Heyerdahl), originally named Tinka, later Marga Henning, Silke, and Minnow, was built as a freight carrying motor ship with auxiliary sails at the shipyard Smit & Zoon in Westerbroek, Netherlands, in 1930. Her original homeport being Hamburg, Germany, she was used for the next 50 years as a freighter. Eventually sailing under the flag of Panama as Minnow and then awaiting further use in Germany, she was bought in 1979 by two sailing enthusiasts, who turned the now run-down ship into a topsail schooner to use it for sail training, especially for teenagers and young adults. One of the two original owners was Detlef Soitzek, who had sailed with the Norwegian anthropologist, zoologist, ethnologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl on his Tigris expedition in 1977/1978, and suggested naming the ship after the famous researcher and adventurer.
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Safety & inspections
| Date | Type | Port | Findings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1999 | Vessel Inspection | Tampa, Florida | clean |
Source: U.S. Coast Guard Port State Information Exchange (PSIX) — public domain. Covers inspections recorded in U.S. waters. Free on Seadar; the incumbents charge for this.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is THOR HEYERDAHL now?
- THOR HEYERDAHL (IMO 5221491) was last detected in the Baltic Sea at 54.4194° N, 11.6388° E, making 2.8 knots — 17 hr ago. Seadar tracks THOR HEYERDAHL live and free using AIS, with no paywall on position or identity.
- What kind of ship is THOR HEYERDAHL?
- THOR HEYERDAHL is a sailing sailing under the flag of Germany. The vessel is 50 m long and has a gross tonnage of 211.
- Has THOR HEYERDAHL been detained or sanctioned?
- THOR HEYERDAHL has 1 recorded Port State Control inspection with no detentions.