IMKE VON AHN Imo 5146017

[Seadog Pete R.I.P.]

IMKE VON AHN at Stadersand, undated

Built by Stader Schiffswerft GmbH, Stade, Yard-No.141
212 BRT, 310 dwt – 37,97 x 7,16 x 2,99 m
Engine:Klöckner Humboldt Deutz AG, 200 bhp, 8,5 kn
Launched:May 1941.Delivered:Oct.1941
1941 HEINZ SCHRIEWER Claus Heinrich Schriewer, Hamburg, Deu.
Apr.1966 MEHETAL Johann Hinrich Brandt, Hamburg, Deu.
March 1975 IMKE VON AHN Heinz von Ahn, Bützfleth/Hamburg, Deu.
1985 IMKE C Jugendschiff Corsar e. V., Cuxhaven, Deu.
18-02-1988 laid up at Ostend.
1988 IMKE C Borlim nv, Zeebrugge, Bel.

………………Hundreds of well-built
German coasters have been broken up in the past for
economical reasons.
In 1992 the Belgian association Artist Service bought this ship from
it’s last owner who sold it for the same reason. Artist Service
(the name of the association changed into “SeaSens” in 2005)
gave the vessel a new purpose as they changed the former hold
into a polyvalent space for cultural activities. From 1996 the ship
was used and rented regularly for concerts, exhibitions, workshops
and parties.
At the moment she has been given her own berth in the lighthouse-dock
of Ostend, Belgium and since 2002 the ship is used to develop SeaSens,
a new, unique and very special kind of relaxation sessions. The realization
of this project was supported by the European Commission, the Flemish
Tourist Board and the city of Ostend.
http://seasens.be/schip_en.html

[Seadog Pete R.I.P.]

as the IMKE C at Wischhafen, undated

[Seadog Pete R.I.P.]

IMKE C at Cuxhaven, undated

[haroship]

as Seadog wrote, the ship was sold to Belgium and renamed SEASENS.

I could take a photograph at Oostende 25 July 2005