She was launched in Hardanger in 1848 and was given the name Haabet (Hope). Ten years later she came to Ryfylke. It was exactly this type of vessel that was used for transport of goods up and down the fjords and coastline at that time. The sloop was also used for transport and lodgings during the herring fishing period. Many of the sloops sailed the Baltic Sea carrying salted herring.

After almost 50 years service she was put on shore in 1896. The hull was worn out and had to be reconstructed, and the rigging had to be replaced. At that time, the sloop belonged to Torger Bjørnsen Marvik. Upon completion of the reconstruction work, he gave the sloop his wife’s name, Anna. Just before the turn of the century she was sold to Sand. Since then she has gone under the name Anna af Sand.

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