Kruzenshtern (ship)
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The Kruzenshtern (Russian: Крузенштерн) is a Russian four masted barque and tall ship that was built in 1926 in Wesermünde (Bremerhaven, Germany), under the name Padua. She was given to the USSR in 1946 as war reparations and renamed after Adam Johann von Krusenstern. After the Sedov she is the largest traditional sailing vessel still in operation.
Originally she was a cargo ship, used among other things to ship construction material to South America, returning with saltpetre. Later she transported wheat from Australia. The maiden voyage from Hamburg to Talcahuano (Chile) took 87 days. In 1933/34 she took a record-breaking 67 days from Hamburg to Port Lincoln in South-Australia. Until WWII she made 15 long trips to Chile or Australia.
The painting on the side suggests the presence of cannons, but that is an illusion. In 1946 she was given to the USSR and from 1955 used as a training vessel by the navy. From 1959 to 1961 she was anchored at Kronstadt near St Petersburg, where she was outfitted with two engines. In 1966 she became property of the Ministry of Fishery, which uses her for training purposes to this day. In 1995/96 she made a trip around the world in the trail of her namesake.
The ship was used in three films; Die Meuterei auf der Elsinore (1935); Herz geht vor Anker (1940) and Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (1944).
The Kruzenhshtern takes part in many international regattas. After the fall of the USSR funding became a problem, so passengers are taken aboard for that purpose.
The Kruzenshtern is one of the four remaining Flying P-Liners and still in use, mainly for training purposes, with her homeport in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg).
Dimensions:
- Length: 114,4 m
- Width: 8,5 m
- Height: 51,3 m
- Depth: 6,8 m
- Sail surface: 3400 m²
- Crew: 257
- Tonnage: 4700 tons
- Engines: 2 x 1000 hp (diesel)
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