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Tuesday 14 July 2015

Polish gaff ketch (ex-Kryssaren 1940-1946, General Zaruski 1946-1950, Mloda Gwardia) 1950-1957, Mariusz Zaruski 1957-1969) STS General Zaruski )1969-


Poland-flagged, homeport Gdansk, MMSI 261023330 and callsign SPG2276. Gross tonnage 88,95 tons and as dimensions 25,32 (hull)-29,02 (maximum included bowsprit) x 5,88 x 3,26-3,50 metres. Wood-built. She was built in 1939 at the shipyard of B. Lund, Ekenäs, Kalmar Sweden as an initiative of general Mariusz Zaruski and paid by members of the Maritime and Colonial League while using the design of the Swedish training ship Kaparen dating from 1934. On 8 February 1940 sold to Colbus Association to paid for the unpaid building costs. Launched in June 1940. Again sold in October that same year and renamed Keyssare of the Svenska Seglarskola. In 1946 brought to Poland and renamed as General Zaruski was she used as a training ship until 2003 when she was taken out of service. She was however repaired and after 4 years on 30 October 2012 again commissioned.