Grossherzog Friedrich August

A steel barque built in 1914 by Johann C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde. Her dimensions are 73,0×12,6×____ meters [239'6"×41'0"×__'_"] and tonnage 1701 GRT, ___ NRT and displacement ___ tons.

1914: Launched at the shipyard of Johann C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde, for . . . Employed as a sailing schoolship.
c1919: Handed over to Great Britain as war-damage reparations.
1923: Sold to Norges Redareforbund, Norway, for NOK 425.000 and was renamed Statsraad Lehmkuhl.
1924: Transferred to Bergens Skoleskib, Bergen.
1940-1945: Appropriated by the German occupation forces and was renamed Westwärs.
1967: Sold to Hilmar Reksten.
1973: Laid up at Bergen.
1978: Transferred to Stiftelsen Seilskipet Statsraad Lehmkuhl.

Select Bibliography

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Stiftelsen Seilskibet Statsraad Lehmkuhl.
Harold A. Underhill: Sail Training and Cadet Ships, 1956.

Updated 1998-07-01 by Lars Bruzelius

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