Magdalene Vinnen

A four-masted steel aux. barque built in 1921 by the Krupp Germania Werft, Kiel. Dimensions 100,27×14,68×8,22 meters [329'0"×48'2"×26'8"] and tonnage 3476 GRT and 3017 NRT. Rigged with double topgallant sails and royals sails.

1921: Launched at the shipyard of Krupp Germania Werft, Kiel, as Yard No. 372 for F.A. Vinnen & Co., Bremen.
1936: Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, and renamed Kommodore Johnsen. Used as a cargo-carrying sail-training ship.
1945 May: Delivered to the Soviet-Union as part of the war damage reparations and was renamed Sedov after the Russian polar explorer Gregori Sedov (1877-1904). Used for sail-training.
1976 October: Reports to have been laid up at Kronstadt already for some time.
1981 August 5: A report states that she has been taken into active duty again.

References:

Four- and five-masted ships, general references.
Lee, Martin: Sailing in the Magdalene Vinnen in 1998.
Sea Breezes Vol. 72, Liverpool, 1998. pp 860-868, ill.

Updated 1998-10-26 by Lars Bruzelius.

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