A fine barque seen moored in Kattendijkdok at Antwerp, she departed from here on 28/05/2019 bound for Cherbourg/France.
Length o.a. 89,70m beam 11,90m draught 5,20m
GT : 1,813 tons
Home port : New London, Connecticut (USA)
Operated by United States Coast Guard at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Number of sails : 23
Sail area : 2070 qm
Engine : MTU 8 V 4000 (1,200hp)
Speed under sail : 17 kts
Speed under power : 10 kts
Working crew : 55 persons
Trainees : 150 persons
Callsign : NRCB
MMSI : 303990000
Ship class : GORCH FOCK class
Ship type : Barque
Sister ships : GORCH FOCK (built 1933), ALBERT LEO SCHLAGETER (built 1937) and MIRCEA (built 1938)
Built in 1936 by shipyard Blohm & Voss at Hamburg/Germany (yard number 508)
Ex- HORST WESSEL (Kiel/Germany, until 1945)