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Length over all 49.5 m; breadth 6.90 m; sail area 600 sqm;
built 1917 by C. Lühring, Brake, as LANDKIRCHEN; the hull was enlarged in 1921, and an engine installed in 1930; she sailed as freighter until 1979; in 1981 the owner changed and she was rebuilt as a cruising ship for the Caribbean, named GODEWIND; 1988 she was renamed SIR FRANCIS DRAKE under new ownership; lost in 1999 during hurricane;
the photo was taken during SAIL’86 in Bremerhaven; scanned from color slide;
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According to the timelines given, she would have been Godewind. She must have changed from gaff sails to staysails when converted to SFD
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