Schulschiff Deutschland
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The Schulschiff Deutschland ("School Ship Germany") was employed as a school ship
ship for the merchant marine beginning in 1927. This last german full-rigged ship is maintained as a memorial and museum ship
. located at Vegesack, in the Federal State of Bremen
, Germany
. Since the name Deutschland was at the time of its building already assigned to an unbuilt naval warship (a pocket battleship, later renamed the Lützow
), its official name is Schulschiff Deutschland.
The ship carries 25 sails with a sail area of 1950 square meters.
The top speed on engine is 12 knots, and on sail 18.2 knots.
From 1927 to 1939 she undertook training trips overseas and in North and Baltic Sea.
During World War II cruises were limited and these trips were only held in the Baltic Sea.
After the war the ship was delivered up as war reparations, returned in 1952.
Between 1949 and 1952, she served three years as a hostel before it was subsequently used in Bremen as a stationary training ship for seamen students.
In 1995 she was recognized as a floating monument and renovated in 1995/1996 in Bremen-Vegesack.
Until July 2001 ship mechanic students lived on board, taking their classroom training in a school center in Bremen. With the cessation of such training in Bremen, this aspect of the ships's Nautical School was closed.
Today, the Schulschiff Deutschland is located in Bremen-Vegesack where it can be viewed as a maritime memorial or used as overnight accommodation. It can also be booked for celebrations, seminars and exhibitions for events. Once a month (all year), civil weddings are performed and participants can stay overnight in 30 double cabins and in the master's suite.
Between trips Elsfleth
was the ship's base as owing to the draft of the ship its registered home port of Oldenburg
could not be used.
For Sail Bremerhaven 2005, the Schulschiff Deutschland was re-entered on the ship list.
School ship
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is especially used for ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classrooms....
ship for the merchant marine beginning in 1927. This last german full-rigged ship is maintained as a memorial and museum ship
Museum ship
A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...
. located at Vegesack, in the Federal State of Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Since the name Deutschland was at the time of its building already assigned to an unbuilt naval warship (a pocket battleship, later renamed the Lützow
German pocket battleship Deutschland
Deutschland was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. Ordered by the Weimar government for the Reichsmarine, she was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel in February 1929 and completed by April 1933...
), its official name is Schulschiff Deutschland.
The ship carries 25 sails with a sail area of 1950 square meters.
The top speed on engine is 12 knots, and on sail 18.2 knots.
History
The Schulschiff Deutschland was given in 1927 by the German Training Ship Club as the fourth merchant marine training ship in series.From 1927 to 1939 she undertook training trips overseas and in North and Baltic Sea.
During World War II cruises were limited and these trips were only held in the Baltic Sea.
After the war the ship was delivered up as war reparations, returned in 1952.
Between 1949 and 1952, she served three years as a hostel before it was subsequently used in Bremen as a stationary training ship for seamen students.
In 1995 she was recognized as a floating monument and renovated in 1995/1996 in Bremen-Vegesack.
Until July 2001 ship mechanic students lived on board, taking their classroom training in a school center in Bremen. With the cessation of such training in Bremen, this aspect of the ships's Nautical School was closed.
Today, the Schulschiff Deutschland is located in Bremen-Vegesack where it can be viewed as a maritime memorial or used as overnight accommodation. It can also be booked for celebrations, seminars and exhibitions for events. Once a month (all year), civil weddings are performed and participants can stay overnight in 30 double cabins and in the master's suite.
Travel
For training in maritime practice up until the Second World War the ship made regular ocean voyages. In the winter destinations would have been overseas (mostly in German colonial Africa and in South America), while in the summer ports in the North and Baltic Sea would be destinations. From 1927 to 1939 , twelve overseas trips were made. From 1928 to 1944 seventeen North Sea and Baltic Seas tours were made.Between trips Elsfleth
Elsfleth
Elsfleth is a town in the district of Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the Hunte with the Weser, on the left bank of the Weser, on the railway Hude-Nordenham. It has an Evangelical church, a school of navigation , a harbour and docks.Elsfleth offers many...
was the ship's base as owing to the draft of the ship its registered home port of Oldenburg
Oldenburg
Oldenburg is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands, at the Hunte river. It has a population of 160,279 which makes it the fourth biggest city in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Braunschweig...
could not be used.
For Sail Bremerhaven 2005, the Schulschiff Deutschland was re-entered on the ship list.
Captains
- Reinhold Walker (1927–1933)
- Walter von Zatorski (1933–1936)
- Ernst Sieck (1936–1938)
- Otto Bauer (1938–1945)
- O. Hattendorf (1945–1953)
- K. Köppl (1953–1961)
- O. Hattendorf (1961)
Literature
- Hans-Georg Prager: Schulschiff Deutschland - Weißer Schwan der Unterweser. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft: Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7822-0706-8
- Gerhard Eckardt: Vollschiff Schulschiff Deutschland. Hauschild Verlag: Bremen 1969, ASIN B0000BQS96
External links
- http://www.schulschiff-deutschland.de/