 Although originally built as a fishing vessel, the "Johanna Lucretia" was never used for that purpose and was converted for recreational use in 1954, by the then owner Ber van Meer.She sailed in Dutch waters until 1989 from her port in Enkhuizen in the Netherlands.In 1989 the "Johanna Lucretia" was sold and transferred her base to Plymouth in the United Kingdom under the ownership of Mrs. Heather Henning.