Lene Marie

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Lene Marie is a ketch-rigged tall ship, of 106 feet overall and 200 tons displacement. She was built in Denmark as a Baltic trader just before World War I. During the Second World War the Lene Marie sank in the Baltic Sea during a storm. She was raised by the Americans as part of their efforts to rebuild Denmark after the war.

When it was no longer economical to continue using the Lene Marie as a commercial vessel she was converted into a private yacht. Her hold was turned into a saloon and cabins were added. The fo'c'sle, containing the crew quarters, remained almost unchanged during the conversion. Several crew members have reported encountering a ghost in the fo'c'sle at night. According to legend this is the ghost of a sailor who drowned in his bunk when the ship sank in World War II.


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