Gorch Fock was launched 50 years ago today

AntEater · 08-23-08, 06:10 AM

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Homeport of the Gorch Fock is Kiel.
Administratively it is attached to Marineschule Mürwik in Flensburg, but its permanent berth is Tirpitzmole in Kiel-Wik naval base.
Used to be Blücherbrücke in downtown but some iditiot politicians banned her to the naval base.
Lübeck has no naval base at all.
The square rigger you see in Travemünde is Passat, a flying P-Liner build in 1911 for the Cape Horn saltpeter run. She is a four masted barque and permanently berthed there as a museum ship.
She's about twice the size of Gorch Fock, yet she could be sailed with a quarter of the crew.
And that in 1911!

08-23-08, 06:10 AM	#3
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nope Homeport of the Gorch Fock is Kiel. Administratively it is attached to Marineschule Mürwik in Flensburg, but its permanent berth is Tirpitzmole in Kiel-Wik naval base. Used to be Blücherbrücke in downtown but some iditiot politicians banned her to the naval base. Lübeck has no naval base at all. The square rigger you see in Travemünde is Passat, a flying P-Liner build in 1911 for the Cape Horn saltpeter run. She is a four masted barque and permanently berthed there as a museum ship. She's about twice the size of Gorch Fock, yet she could be sailed with a quarter of the crew. And that in 1911! __________________