Kruzenshtern Tall Ship

The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern is a four-masted barque that was built in 1926 at Geestemünde in Bremerhaven, Germany as the Padua.... more

by Dale Powell

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Kruzenshtern Tall Ship

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Dale Powell

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The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern is a four-masted barque that was built in 1926 at Geestemünde in Bremerhaven, Germany as the Padua. Wikipedia
Length: 375′
Launched: 1926
Height: 51.3 m (168 ft)
Crew: 257
Speed: 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 mph)
Route: as Padua: between Hamburg & Chile
Installed power: 2 x 1,000 bhp 8-cylinder diesel engines

The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern (Russian: Барк Крузенштерн) is a four-masted barque that was built in 1926 at Geestemünde in Bremerhaven, Germany as the Padua (named after the Italian city). She was surrendered to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation and renamed after the early 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770–1846). She is now a Russian sail training ship.

Of the four remaining Flying P-Liners, the former Padua is the only one still in use, mainly for training purposes, with her home ports in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) and Murmansk. After the Sedov, another former German ship, she is the largest traditional sailing vessel still in operation.

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May 23rd, 2017