Artemis is a three-masted barque active as a sailing charter ship sailing mostly in the Baltic Sea and northern Europe.
The ship was built in 1926 by the Norwegian shipyard Nylands Verksted in Oslo and was named as Pol II.[1] It was delivered as a whale catcher ship owned by Hvalfangerselskabet Polaris A/S operated by Melsom & Melsom. Originally the Pol II was 57m (187feet) long. The whaler measured at, had a steam engine with an output of 135hp.
The ship was used as a whaler in the northern and southern polar seas until 1940, then went info military service as a minesweeper for the Royal Navy during World War II and was listed as a ship in Nortraship's register. A few years after the war in 1948 the ship was sold to Sweden and rebuilt to a cargo ship and lengthened two meters.[2] [3]
In 1966 the ship was sold to I/S Artemis (H Hermansen) in Denmark and was renamed to Artemis.
Around 2000 when ship was sold to Frisian Sailing who converted it into a three-masted barque charter passenger ship. In 2006 the current owner took over the ship. The ship is now operated by Tallship Company in Franeker, Netherlands, which also operate the ships and .
The ship's 100th-year anniversary is planned to take place in the harbour of Larvik in Norway on July 24–26 in 2026.[4]
The sister ship was built the same year as Artemis originally named Pol IV and was also converted to a sailship in 1991 offering charter from Lelystad, the Netherlands.[5]
