Dana (1937)

For other ships with the same name, see Dana (ship).

As Gulden Leeuw at Falmouth

History
Denmark
Name| Dana (III)
Owner| Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing
Port of registry| Copenhagen
Builder| Frederikshavn Shipyard, Frederikshavn, Denmark
Cost| 952,500 DKK[1]
Yard number| 207
Laid down| 6 October 1936
Launched| 1 September 1937
Completed| 21 December 1937
In service| 1938
Identification|

* Call sign: OYTJ
* IMO number: 5085897

Denmark
Name| Dana Researcher
Owner| Svend E. Sønderstrup
Port of registry| Fåborg
Acquired| 1980
Identification|

* Call sign: OYTJ
* IMO number: 5085897

Denmark
Name| Esvagt Dana
Owner| Esvagt
Port of registry| Esbjerg
Acquired| 1984
Identification|

* Call sign: OYTJ2
* IMO number: 5085897

Denmark
Name| Dana Nyborg
Owner| Thomas Brocklebank, Grindsted
Port of registry| Esbjerg
Acquired| 2001
Identification|

* Call sign: OYTJ2
* IMO number: 5085897

Netherlands
Name| Gulden Leeuw
Owner| P&T Charters
Acquired| 2007
Identification|

* Call sign: PCBH
* IMO number: 5085897
* MMSI number: 246709000

Status| Active
General characteristics
Tonnage| 354 GRT / 163 NRT
Length| 150.6 feet (1939)
Beam| 28 feet
Draught| 16,4 feet
Decks| 1
Propulsion| 1100 hp 6-cyl. 4SA Frichs Diesel. Replaced in 1970 with 1200 hp 10-cyl. 4SA B&W Alpha-Diesel
Notes| Extended by 8 m in 1939. Rigged as 3-masted schooner in 2007

Dana was the primary Danish research vessel for almost 40 years. It was built in 1937 and served research purposes until 1980. On the first cruise into the North Atlantic in 1938 it was discovered that the ship was unsuited for its purpose, as it was not sufficiently stable to allow scientific work.[1] It was returned to the shipyard and extended by 8 metres (26 ft) in 1939. During the Second World War (1940-1945) the ship was kept and maintained in Copenhagen harbour, but with vital engine parts removed and thus never seized by the German occupation force.[1]

The main work from Dana was to conduct marine biological and hydrographical research in the Baltic, North Sea and waters around Faroe Islands and Greenland. In 1966 Dana was on a cruise to the Sargasso Sea and West Indies (cruise leader Erik Berthelsen), with primary aims to conduct hydrographical research and continue research on the reproductive biology of the European eel.[2]

Dana was succeeded by the research vessel Dana (IV) in 1980. The ship served for a period as guard and crew exchange vessel for oil and gas installations in the North Sea and was eventually sold to P&T Charters. It was completely refurbished, rigged as a 3-masted schooner under the name of Gulden Leeuw and continues to sail as a charter vessel.

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1. ^ a b c Sandbeck, Thorkild. "I Danas Kølvand". Fiskeritidende. 3 (13/14): 117–144.
2. ^ Wolff, Torben (1967). Danish Expeditions on the Seven Seas. Copenhagen: Rhodos.