Anna Karoline

Anna Karoline

Anna Karoline (left) in the 1970s, as a museum ship in Bodø
History
Norway
Name	Anna Karoline
Cost	Unknown
Launched	1876[1]
In service	1876–1954
Homeport	Bodø
Fate	Museum ship
General characteristics
Class and type	Jekt
Length	Hull: 60 ft 0 in (18.29 m)[2]
Beam	21 ft (6.40 m)
Draught	6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Speed	8 kn (15 km/h)
Capacity	90 tons d.w. (or 100 fathom firewood)[2]
Complement	5–6

Anna Karoline is a jekt (a single-masted open cargo sailing ship) often called Nordlandsjekt, built at Brataker in Mosvik, Norway in 1876.

The jekt type was for centuries the most important freight vessel along the coast of Norway and Anna Karoline is typical for jekt vessels sailing between Northern Norway and Bergen. She was purchased by the museum Nordland County Museum (now the Nordland Museum) in 1954 and placed ashore at Bodøsjøen south of the center of the city of Bodø. The Nordland Museum has plans for constructing a large building around Anna Karoline to preserve the vessel and exhibit her as a museum ship.