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Wyvern is a 60 feet open sea sail boat. The ship was designed by Colin Archer on a commission by British born Frederick Croft. She was launched in 1897. She sailed under German flag and the name Tatjana from 1909, but later returned to Norway. Rolf Tommesen bought her in 1924 and renamed her Havfruen III (Mermaid III). This name was kept by the English owners Anne and Terrence Carr who got her in 1947 and sailed her for 27 years. The Carrs crossed the Atlantic eleven times and also sailed around the world in the vessel.

History
The timber merchant Frederick Croft who was born in Hull but lived in Skien, Norway commissioned the vessel in 1894 from Colin Archer, a ship designer and ship builder who built Fram for Fridtjov Nansen. The construction took place at the shipbuilding company Porsgrund Baatbygger which was ran by Thor Martin Jensen. Named after the mythological figure Wyvern, the vessel was launched in 1897. Croft used her among other things to sail to his hometown Hull.

She sailed under German flag and the name Tatjana from 1909, but later returned to Norway. The editor Rolf Thommessen bought her in 1924 and renamed her Havfruen III (Mermaid III). This name was kept when she was sold to England in 1934. The couple Anne and Terrence Carr bought her in 1947 and sailed her for 27 years. The Carrs crossed the Atlantic eleven times and also sailed around the world in the vessel.

After she was found in a bad condition in Ibiza in 1978, she was bought back to Norway for restauration by companies in the oil industry in Rogaland. In 1984, she was handed over to Stavanger Maritime museum as a cultural monument by Crown Prince Haakon.

Tall Ships' Races

2013 shipwreck and rescue
During the 2013 Tall Ships' Race, Wyvern started to take in water between the Swedish island Gotland and Öland.

Wylde Swan