W. Klitgaard is a historic vessel of more than one reason.
• It is very old, namely delivered 1891 from the shipyard in Frederikshavn.
• It is the first newly built fishing vessel with maskinfremdrivning, namely a coal-fired steam engine.
• It is the first newly built fishing vessel with pierced stern, ie with the screw positioned as is usual today. It took 7 years before one in Denmark built the next in this way.
• The sleek hulls have been designed out of ECBenzon, Nykøbing Falster, which created new lines with speed and seaworthiness.
• It is Denmark's oldest and largest preserved snurrevodskutter from a period, since Frederikshavn, Denmark's only base port for ocean-going fishing in the North Sea and North Atlantic.
• She was in daily, commercial operation through 92 years, and she is the Ship Preservation Fund declared worthy of preservation.
Should we preserve a wooden vessels with large rigging is the best way to use it for navigation. Why did a group of Frederikshavn a lot of work from 1984-88 to restore her and keep the exterior as close as possible back to the original.
The steam engine was replaced by a diesel engine of a type of 1938, and then but will sail with passengers, she is now equipped with modern rescue funds, communication, radar and everything necessary for safe navigation, firefighting. and sea rescue.