Barque Krusenstern

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This four-masted barque is the second-largest tall ship in the world.


Name: Padua (1926–46)
Kruzenshtern (1946–)
Namesake: Padua Adam Johann Krusenstern
Owner: F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1926–46)
Soviet Navy (1946–91)
Russian Navy (1991–)
Operator: F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1926–46)
Port of registry: Hamburg (1920–33)
Hamburg (1933-46)
Riga (1946–81)
Tallinn (1981–91)
Kaliningrad (1991–)
Route: as Padua: between Hamburg & Chile
Builder: Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven
Yard number: 408
Launched: 11 June 1926
Fate: surendered to the USSR as reparations 1946
Status: in service


General characteristics
Type: cargo ship (1926–46)
survey ship & training ship (1961–65)
training ship 1965–present
Tonnage: 3,064 GRT (as Padua)[1]
Length: 114.4 metres (375 ft)
Beam: 14.02 metres (46.0 ft)
Height: 51.3 metres (168 ft)
Draught: 6.8 metres (22 ft)
Installed power: 2 x 1,000 bhp 8-cylinder diesel engines
Propulsion: sail & screw
Speed: 17.3 knots (32.0 km/h; 19.9 mph)
Crew: 257[citation needed]
Notes: Holds record for sailing between Hamburg and Australia via Chile: 8 months and 23 days

The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern (Russian: Барк Крузенштерн) is a four masted barque and tall ship that was built in 1926 at Geestemünde in Bremerhaven, Germany as the Padua (named after the Italian city). She was surrendered to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation and renamed after the early 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770–1846). She is now a Russian Navy sail training ship. Of the four remaining Flying P-Liners, the former Padua is the only one still in use, mainly for training purposes, with her home ports in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) and Murmansk. After the Sedov, another former German ship, she is the largest traditional sailing vessel still in operation.
Of the four remaining Flying P-Liners, the former Padua is the only one still in use, mainly for training purposes, with her home ports in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) and Murmansk. After the Sedov, another former German ship, she is the largest traditional sailing vessel still in operation.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).












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