Dar Pomorza
Dar Pomorza in 2008
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 Germany
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| Name: | Prinzess Eitel Friedrich |
| Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
| Launched: | 1909 |
 Poland
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| 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
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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