Kiel, Germany 28 April 2016
Russia-flagged, homeport Kaliningrad, IMO 6822979, MMSI 273243700 and call sign UCVK. Steel built. Nowadays operated by the by the Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy. Laid down at the Joh. C. Tecklenborg-Werft, Germany as the Padua on 11 June 1946 for account of the Hamburger Reederei F. Laeisz). Became Russian property on 12 January 1946. Modernized between 1968 and 1972. She still holds the record for the fastest voyage sailing between Hamburg and Australia via Chile completing in 8 months and 23 days. Homeport between 1926-1946 Hamburg, Germany, between 1946-1981 Riga, Latvia, Tallinn, Estonia 1981-1991 and since then Kaliningrad, Russia.
Dimensions 95,15 (between perpendiculars)-114,5 (sparred) x 14,02 x 6,720 (summer)-7,200 (normal) metres, a displacement of 5.805 (summer)- 6.400 ((normal tons), deadweight 1.645 tons, gross tonnage 3.141 tons and net tonnage 942 tons. Height mainmast 21,40 metres. Total sail area of the 31 sails is 3.553 square metres. Further more fitted out with 2 x 736 kW, 8NVD 48A-2U (S.K.L. 8-cylinder engines and 4 MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, D 2866 LXE 30 auxiliary diesel generators. Her crew numbers 76 men with accommodation for 160 cadets.
