Anna Karoline
Anna Karoline (left) in the 1970s, as a museum ship in Bodø | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | Anna Karoline |
| Launched | 1876 |
| In service | 1876–1954 |
| Home port | Bodø |
| Fate | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Jekt |
| Length | Hull: 60 ft 0 in (18.29 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.40 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Speed | 8 kn (15 km/h) |
| Capacity | 90 tons d.w. (or 100 fathom firewood) |
| Complement | 5–6 |
Anna Karoline is a jekt (a single-masted open cargo sailing ship) often called Nordlandsjekt, built at Brataker in Mosvik Municipality, Norway in 1876.
The jekt type was for centuries the most important freight vessel along the coast of Norway and Anna Karoline is typical for jekt vessels sailing between Northern Norway and Bergen. She was purchased by the museum Nordland County Museum (now the Nordland Museum) in 1954 and placed ashore at Bodøsjøen south of the center of the city of Bodø. The Nordland Museum has plans for constructing a large building around Anna Karoline to preserve the vessel and exhibit her as a museum ship.