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Duchesse Anne permanently moored in
Dunkirk
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History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Großherzogin Elisabeth (Grand Duchess Elisabeth) |
Owner | Deutscher Schulschiffverein |
Builder | Johann C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven |
Launched | 7 March 1901 |
Nickname(s) | Lisbeth |
Fate | Handed over to France as a war reparation, August 15, 1946 |
France | |
Name | Duchesse Anne |
Namesake | Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Owner |
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Acquired | 15 August 1946 |
Homeport | Dunkirk |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,250 tons |
Length | 92 m (302 ft) |
Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
Draft | 5.45 m (17.9 ft) |
Notes | Sail area: 2,060 m² |
Duchesse Anne (formerly called Großherzogin Elisabeth) is the last remaining full-rigged ship under French flag. She was built in 1901 with a steel hull by the yard of Joh. C. Tecklenborg of Bremerhaven-Geestemünde ( Germany) according to plans drawn by Georg W. Claussen. The mainmast is 48 m tall and 25 sails were rigged. [1] She was used as a training ship for young aspiring sailors in the German merchant marine.
The ship was handed over to France as war reparations after World War II and renamed Duchesse Anne. The ship has been classified a historical monument since 5 November 1982.
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Several other training windjammers of the German "Deutscher Schulschiff-Verein" also survive to this day:
51°02′15″N 2°22′20″E / 51.03750°N 2.37222°E
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in French. (April 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Duchesse Anne permanently moored in
Dunkirk
| |
History | |
---|---|
Germany | |
Name | Großherzogin Elisabeth (Grand Duchess Elisabeth) |
Owner | Deutscher Schulschiffverein |
Builder | Johann C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven |
Launched | 7 March 1901 |
Nickname(s) | Lisbeth |
Fate | Handed over to France as a war reparation, August 15, 1946 |
France | |
Name | Duchesse Anne |
Namesake | Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Owner |
|
Acquired | 15 August 1946 |
Homeport | Dunkirk |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,250 tons |
Length | 92 m (302 ft) |
Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
Draft | 5.45 m (17.9 ft) |
Notes | Sail area: 2,060 m² |
Duchesse Anne (formerly called Großherzogin Elisabeth) is the last remaining full-rigged ship under French flag. She was built in 1901 with a steel hull by the yard of Joh. C. Tecklenborg of Bremerhaven-Geestemünde ( Germany) according to plans drawn by Georg W. Claussen. The mainmast is 48 m tall and 25 sails were rigged. [1] She was used as a training ship for young aspiring sailors in the German merchant marine.
The ship was handed over to France as war reparations after World War II and renamed Duchesse Anne. The ship has been classified a historical monument since 5 November 1982.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (April 2019) |
Several other training windjammers of the German "Deutscher Schulschiff-Verein" also survive to this day:
51°02′15″N 2°22′20″E / 51.03750°N 2.37222°E