J. R. Tolkien
schooner
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- J. R. Tolkien
- IMO number
- 7017064
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- schooner
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 41.7 m
- Beam
- 7.8 m
- Year built
- 1963
- Builder
- —
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About J. R. Tolkien
J.R. Tolkien is a gaff-topsail schooner of Netherlands registry used for passenger cruises on the Baltic Sea and elsewhere in European waters. Originally named Dierkow, the vessel was built in 1964 as a seagoing diesel-electric tug at the Edgar-André-Werft in Magdeburg, East Germany. As a tug Dierkow was employed in freight transportation under East German registry from the Baltic port of Rostock. In 1994 Dierkow was acquired by the Van der Rest family for conversion to a topsail schooner with auxiliary propulsion for passenger cruising. Undergoing conversion at Rotterdam between 1995 and 1998, the craft was placed in Netherlands registry at Amsterdam and was renamed J.R. Tolkien in honor of the British author J.R.R. Tolkien. As a schooner J.R. Tolkien is a topsail-rigged vessel of 139 tons and measures 36m in hull length (41.7m overall) with a beam of 7.8m and draft of 3.2m.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is J. R. Tolkien now?
- J. R. Tolkien has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is J. R. Tolkien?
- J. R. Tolkien is a schooner, built in 1963. The vessel is 41.7 m long with a beam of 7.8 m.
- Has J. R. Tolkien been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for J. R. Tolkien appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).