An item dealing with the Russian controlled German zone reported the salvage in August 1947 of the former German sailing ship Gorch Fock lying in 7 metres deep water. She was now being refitted out at Stralsund to be used as training ship again.(1)
Note
1. Laid down by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 2 December 1932, launched on 3 May 1933, commissioned on 26 June 1933, scuttled of Rügen on 1 May 1945, renamed Tovarisch after salvage and in Soviet Union service, since 1991 Ukraine-flagged with as homeport Kherson, decommissioned in 1993 and returned to Germany in 1999. Nowadays museum ship.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R001600660005-1
Note
1. Laid down by Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 2 December 1932, launched on 3 May 1933, commissioned on 26 June 1933, scuttled of Rügen on 1 May 1945, renamed Tovarisch after salvage and in Soviet Union service, since 1991 Ukraine-flagged with as homeport Kherson, decommissioned in 1993 and returned to Germany in 1999. Nowadays museum ship.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R001600660005-1
