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Dar Pomorza

Dar Pomorza 2008.jpg
Dar Pomorza in 2008
History
Germany
Name: Prinzess Eitel Friedrich
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Launched: 1909
Poland
Name: Dar Pomorza
Acquired: 1930
Decommissioned: 4 August 1982
Status: Museum ship in Gdynia
General characteristics
Class and type: Sailing ship, full-rigged ship
Tons burthen: 1561 gross tons, 525 net tons
Length: 80 m (260 ft) (93 m full length)
Beam: 12.6 m (41 ft)
Propulsion: Auxiliary engine, 430 HP
Sail plan: Full rigged ship, 1900 or 2100 square metres of sail
Complement: Crew of 28, plus 150-200 cadets

Coordinates: 54°31′10″N 18°33′10″E / 54.5194°N 18.5529°E / 54.5194; 18.5529

The Dar Pomorza (Polish: Gift of Pomerania) is a Polish full-rigged sailing ship built in 1909 which is preserved in Gdynia as a museum ship. She has served as a sail training ship in Germany, France, and Poland. Dar Pomorza won the Cutty Sark Trophy in 1980.

The ship was built in 1909 by Blohm & Voss and dedicated in 1910 by Deutscher Schulschiff-Verein as the German training ship Prinzess Eitel Friedrich, named for Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, wife of Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia. Her yard no. was 202, her hull was launched on the 12th of October 1909. In 1920, following World War I, the ship was taken as war-reparations by Great Britain, then brought to France, where she was assigned to the seamen's school at St-Nazaire under the name Colbert. The ship was in 1927 given to Baron de Forrest as compensation for the loss of a sailing yacht. Due to the high costs of refurbishing the ship, she was sold in 1929.


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