Feuerland (ship)
Feuerland under full sail (c. 1927) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Hamburg | |
| Name | Feuerland |
| Namesake | Tierra del Fuego |
| Owner | Gunther Pluschow |
| Port of registry | Hamburg |
| Builder | Krämer, Vagt and Beckmann |
| Completed | 1927 |
| Maiden voyage | 1927 |
| Refit | 1946 |
| StanleyUnited Kingdom | |
| Name | Penelope |
| Acquired | 1929 |
| Commissioned | 1929 |
| Decommissioned | 2006 |
| StanleyArgentina | |
| Name | ARA Penelope |
| Commissioned | 7 May 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 14 June 1982 |
| Notes | taken over by the Argentine Navy |
| BüsumGermany | |
| Name | Feuerland |
| Namesake | Tierra del Fuego |
| Commissioned | 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | ketch |
| Tonnage | 55 GRT |
| Length | 16.2 m (53 ft) |
| Beam | 4.88 m (16.0 ft) |
| Depth | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 220 NHP |
| Speed | 5 knots (9.3 km/h) |
| Complement | (as ARA Penelope): 7 |
Feuerland (from 1929 to 2006 Penelope, in 1982 ARA Penelope while in Argentine service) is a two-masted ketch built in 1927 at the Krämer, Vagt and Beckmann shipyard in Büsum, Germany. It was commissioned by the German naval officer and aviator Gunther Plüschow. The motor sailboat was specially built to explore Patagonia. In 1929 Feuerland was sold to a landowner in the Falkland Islands and was renamed Penelope. After more than fifty years of inter island service, the vessel was seized by the Argentine Navy and used as an auxiliary transport ship during the Falklands War. In 2006 Penelope became once again Feuerland when acquired by German skipper Bernd Buchner and shipped back to Germany, where she was declared a national monument. Feuerland is set for rebuilding as a museum ship as of 2025.