Danseuse 12 E 7

A Storied 12mR Yacht

Former Names: Beduin (1911), Maud III (1914), Gadie (1919), Danseuse III (1929), Danseuse (present)
Class: International 12 Metre
Launched: 1911, built to the original International Rule (First Rule)

The 12mR yacht now known as Danseuse has sailed under five names and passed through over a dozen owners during her remarkable career. Built at the dawn of the metre rule era, she is one of the earliest surviving examples of the 12 Metre class and a living testament to classic yacht design and enduring craftsmanship.

Ownership Timeline

  • 1911–1913
    Sam Ayde, Vice-Commodore of the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (KNS), Christiana (Oslo), Norway
    – Commissioned as Beduin

  • 1914–1915
    Finn Bugge, Tonsberg, Norway
    – Renamed Maud III

  • 1916–1918
    Owner unknown

  • 1919–1928
    H.H. Brock Jr., Christiana (Oslo), Norway
    – Renamed Gadie

  • 1929–1932
    Dagfinn Paust, Oslo, Norway
    – Renamed Danseuse III

  • 1933–1957
    Olaf Ellingsen, Bergen, Norway

  • 1958
    – Disappeared from Lloyd’s Register

  • 1961–1962
    Carl Platou Ellingsen, Bergen, Norway

  • 1962–1969
    Mabel Ingalls

  • 1969–1976
    Carl Platou Allingsen

  • 1976–1980
    Lars Chr. Dahl & Tor, Norway

  • 1980–1997
    Jan K. Stang, Oslo, Norway

  • 1997–Present
    Rolf & Ingvild Thorensen, Oslo, Norway
    – Renamed Danseuse and currently being restored at the Isegran Yard