Kruzenshtern (ship)

• Padua

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

IMO number:. 6822979

The Russian sail training ship Krusenstern (Russian Барк [ Bark ] Крузенштерн, originally Padua ) is a Viermaststahlbark, which is now named after the Baltic German captain and Russian Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern. Home port of the Windjammers is Kaliningrad.

The Krusenstern is only one of the famous Flying P -Liner of the fleet of Reederei F. Laeisz still in use at sea.

History

The ship was left 1926 on the John C. Tecklenborg shipyard on the River Geeste in Bremerhaven as Padua from the stack. It belonged to ships like the Pamir and the Passat to the famous Flying P -Liner of the Hamburg shipping company F. Laeisz whose names start with a "P" began traditionally. On the maiden voyage she needed from Hamburg to Talcahuano (Chile) 87 days.

The Padua was then used as a freighter and sail training ship. Among other things, she brought building materials to South America, returned from there with nitric back (see Salpeterfahrten ) and later transported wheat from Australia. The way from Hamburg to Port Lincoln in South Australia, they put 1933/1934 in a record time of 67 days back.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Padua was repeatedly temporarily used as a film set, so for the Mutiny on the Elsinore (published in 1936), goes for heart anchor (published in 1940) and in Great Freedom No. 7 (published in 1944) with Hans Albers.

The ship had to be made ​​after the Second World War in 1946 as war reparations to the Soviet Union and subsequently received its present name. Among them there was still used several times as a film set for Soviet films after 1955.

Today, the Russian Ministry of Fisheries uses the Krusenstern to training the next generation of fishing vessels; while she participates in many international regattas, including the five -yearly Sail Bremerhaven. Becoming an increasingly paying passengers ( trainees ) are taken, thus contributing to the maintenance of the ship.

Passages and captains

Well-known passages of Padua was the journey of "Elbe 1" to Talcahuano, Chile, in 54 days (1927 ), Mejillones, Chile, to the beacon " The Lizard " (England) in 72 days (1928) and from Hamburg to Wallaroo, Australia in 67 days ( 1933-1934 ). 1938-1939 she sailed on the route Bremen- Chile - Australia -Sydney.

1926 Carl shoe mountain was captain. The fastest journey that is at the same time world record for square riggers, she made 1938/39, from Hamburg to Chile and Australia and back to Hamburg, 8 months and 23 days under Captain Richard Wendt. With Captain Jürgen Jürs she rounded Cape Horn four times (see Chapter Hoornier ).

Meanwhile renamed " Krusenstern " she went under Pawel W. Vlasov and then under NT Shulga often from the Baltic to the Black Sea ports.

In 1974 she took part in "Operation Sail" ( the Sail Training Association ). From 1976 to 1984 she sailed under Ivan G. Schneider; then the captains Gennadi W. Kolomenski and Oleg K. Sedov. Current captain Mikhail V.Novikov. When transatlantic race from Canada to Liverpool she succeeded in a severe storm, the first place they could defend even two years later.

In January 1981, the Krusenstern went to the Estonian Fisheries Industry. Instead Riga Tallinn home port was, 10 years later., As part of the State Baltic Academy of the Fisheries Fleet Kaliningrad

Biggest triumph was for them in the "Operation Columbus '92 " for the 500 -year anniversary of the America victory in the race from Boston to Liverpool. They reached a record speed of 17.4 knots ( 32.3 km / h ).

In 2009, the Krusenstern part in the Atlantic Challenge tallship, but this had on the stage Hamilton ( Bermuda) to Boston (USA ) due to a break in the foremast cancel.

Others

The ship Krusenstern was paid 1000 rubles and a gold content of 155.5 grams of a Russian coin of gold with a face.