Admiral von Trotha

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Ship data
flag NorwayNorway Norway Estonia Sweden German Empire
EstoniaEstonia 
SwedenSweden 
German EmpireGerman Empire (trade flag) 
other ship names
  • Five sisters
  • Maj
  • Egerland
Ship type Sail training ship
home port Goat place
Owner Reich Ministry of Transport
Whereabouts Stranded in 1945
Ship dimensions and crew
length
41.17 m ( Lüa )
width 8.66 m
Rigging and rigging
Rigging More beautiful
Number of masts 3

The Admiral von Trotha was a sailing training ship of the German Ministry of Transport . It is currently lying as a wreck on the bottom of the Barther Bodden .

history

The three-masted topsail schooner was built in Norway in 1919 . The ship, 41.17 meters long and 8.66 meters wide, sailed for a Norwegian owner until 1925. In 1925 it was sold to an Estonian owner (Ado Hanslep) and from then on operated under the name Five Sisters . In 1934 it was sold again and until 1934 it sailed under the Swedish flag as Maj . In 1938 a German owner bought the ship, which from then on was sailing as Egerland .

The sailing ship was acquired by the German Reich Ministry of Transport in August 1939 and named Admiral von Trotha in honor of Admiral Adolf von Trotha .

As a stationary training ship with berth in Ziegenort near Stettin ( Oderhaff ), it was used for basic training for cadets.

At the beginning of 1945, the no longer seaworthy ship was brought to Stralsund by tugs . However, as Stralsund had been declared a fortress due to the war situation and the ship was therefore not allowed to moor, Barth was chosen as an emergency solution. Here the ship was moored in the harbor. The Barther residents looted the ailing ship almost completely. The Soviet Red Army showed no interest in the ship (as opposed, for. Example for recessed before Stralsund due to the condition of the ship when they were taken Barth on May 1, 1945 Gorch Fock ). Until 1953 the ship was used as a pile driver by the Stüdemann company.

The ship is now in the Barther Bodden. In May 2005, a group around a Barther museum operator announced that they wanted to lift the wreck and incorporate it into an exhibition on site.

Web links

  • Volker Stephan: A wreck was “lifted”. Special exhibition opened in the Barther Vineta Museum. November 4, 2002, accessed December 3, 2010 .

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