Pommern (ship)

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Sailing ship Pommern in Mariehamn, 2005.

The Pommern (earlier name Mneme) is a windjammer. She is a four masted barque that was built 1903 in Glasgow at J. Reid & Co shipyard.

She is one of the Flying P-Liners, the famous sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. Later she belonged to Gustaf Erikson (Åland) who used her to carry grain from Spencer Gulf area in Australia to harbours in England or Ireland until the start of World War II.

She is now a museum ship anchored in Mariehamn, Åland.

Four other Clyde-built tall ships are still afloat:

• Balclutha (San Francisco)
• Falls of Clyde (Hawaii)
• Glenlee (Glasgow)
• Moshulu (Philadelphia)

Technical details

• Structure: Built of steel and rigged as a 4 masted barque.
• Length: 95 m
• Width: 13 m
• Depth: 7.5 m
• Grossreg. ton: 2376 tons
• Netreg. ton: 2114 tons
• Cargo: 4050 tons
• Length of main mast: 50 m
• Total area of sails: 3240 m²
• Area of square sails: 2450 m²
• Crew: 26

See also

• Kruzenshtern (ship)
• Passat (ship)
• Peking (ship)

External links

• [Homepage of museum ship "Pommern"]

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