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Wednesday, 13 December 2017

German sailing training ship Prinzess Eitel Friedrich 1909-1920, Colbert 1920-1929, Dar Pomorza 1929-

Model Rudolf Teuber, 1991

Launched by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany for the Deutsche Schulschiff-Verein on 28 September 1909, commissioned on 6 April 1910, decommissioned in October 1919, towed towards Bremen, Germany, handed over to France as war reparations in 1920, renamed Colbert, she was never used by the Seamen’s school at St. Nazaire, France, handed over to Baron de Forrest, bought by Poland in 1920, renamed Dar Pomorza and served as training ship, decommissioned on 4 August 1982 and nowadays museum ship. . Displacement 2.150 tons and as dimensions 70 (between perpendiculars) x 12,497 (over thrushes) x 3,00 x 7,315 (depth upper side keel-upper deck) metres. Sail area 2.100 square metres.