Call sign: DIXX
MMSI: 211 249 810
Flag: German
Year of construction: 1931
Shipyard N.P. Jensen Shipyard in Esbjerg, Denmark
Building materials: 6cm oak planks on oak frames
Hull coated with 6cmm special aluminium
Bow, stern and keel reinforced with up to 3cm of steel
Deck: Oregon Pine
Mast and top mast: 22 metres high out of Douglas Pine
Length over all: 24 metres
Beam: 4,80 metres
Draught: 2,50 metres
Gross tonnage: 27
Sail area: 220 sq. metres
1 mainsail with 3 reefs
Sails: 1 staysail, 1 jib, 1 flying jib
1 topsail, 1 trysail and 1 storm jib
Sail material: Dacron
Engine: Callesen Diesel, 3 cylinder, 180 h.p. at 500 rpm, variable pitch ice propeller
First auxiliary engine: 12 KW diesel generator 230/380 V, Fischer Panda
Second auxiliary engine: 2 KW diesel generator 24 V, Fischer Panda
Fuel capacity: 4800 ltrs
Drinking Water: 500 ltr, 1 water-making machine
Navigation: 1 Furuno GPS, 1 Silva GPS, Furuno Radar, Furuno sonar, AIS (Automatic Identification System), Transas electronic charts
Communication: complete Thrane & Thrane:
Inmarsat C TT-3606 Message Terminal
Alarm Panel Sailor AP 5042
Printer Sailor SC 4000
FBB Fleet Broadband Sailor 500/250
Iridium Sailor SC 4000
SSB/HF Sailor System 500MF/HF 150 W
VHF (two) Sailor RT 5022
VHF GmdSS Handhold Sailor SP 3520
Others: NOAA Sat. Receiver
Safety: Liferaft 12 pers. especially equiped for the Arctic, 2 EPIREB’s (ELT’s) 406 Mhs Cospass/Sarsat, Survivalsuits, portable VHF DSC radios, Lifevests each
The DAGMAR AAEN was built as a fishing cutter in 1931 in the Danish city of Esbjerg at the N. P. Jensen shipyard and was given the registration number E 510.
The hull was built out of six cm oak planks and oak frames. The space between the single frames is sometimes so small, that a fist can hardly fit between them.
Because of this and due to the addition of extra waterproof bulkheads, the hull was given a remarkably high strength. The ship was often used in the Greenland region because of its solid built and its choice building materials. Journeys through ice-fields and months of overwintering in frozen fjords and bays meant daily routine to a ship of this type.
The famous Greenland explorer Knut Rasmussen chose just such a ship for one of his expeditions in the Arctic regions.
The DAGMAR AAEN was employed for the fishing industry until 1977. Niels Bach purchased her in 1988 together with the Peters shipyard in Wewelsfleth Germany and the Skibs & Bædebyggeri shipyard, owned by Christian Jonsson in Egernsund Denmark, built her into expedition ship with ice reinforcements. Since this time there have been many repairs and changes done at the shipyard, in order to adapt the ship to the different conditions on each expedition.
