This article is about Finnish sailing ship, for German battleship, see SMS Pommern

Sailing ship Pommern in Mariehamn, 2005. Design Dimensions and machinery Pommern was at the waterline and overall

The Pommern, anchored in the western of Mariehamn's two harbours, Västerhamn. Demographics A chart on population growth Sister cities Mariehamn is twinned with Visby, Sweden Kópavogur

The Pommern (the name means Pomerania; earlier name Mneme) is a windjammer. A windjammer was a type of Sailing ship with a large Iron or Steel hull, built to carry Cargo in the late Nineteenth century She is a four-masted barque that was built 1903 in Glasgow at J. A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel History of the term The word barc appears to have come from Celtic languages Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Reid & Co shipyard.

She is one of the Flying P-Liners, the famous sailing ships of the German shipping company F. The Flying P-Liner s were the sailing ships of the German shipping company F Sailing ship is now used to refer to any large Wind -powered Vessel. Laeisz. Later she belonged to Gustaf Erikson (Åland) who used her to carry grain from Spencer Gulf area in Australia to harbours in England or Ireland until the start of World War II. Herzogin Cecilie was a German four mast Barque ( Windjammer) named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

She is now a museum ship anchored in Mariehamn, Åland. For ships that are not original see Ship replica. For preserved incomplete ships see Ships preserved in museums. Demographics A chart on population growth Sister cities Mariehamn is twinned with Visby, Sweden Kópavogur

Four other Clyde-built tall ships are still afloat:

• Balclutha (San Francisco)
• Falls of Clyde (Hawaii)
• Glenlee (Glasgow)
• Moshulu (Philadelphia)

Technical details

• Structure: Built of steel and rigged as a 4 masted barque. A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail Schooners Brigantines Brigs and History The Balclutha was built in 1886 by Charles Connell & Co For the Scottish waterfalls and wildlife reserve see Falls of Clyde (waterfalls. See also ''El Galatea'' (also known as Glenlee) From 1922 till 1969 she was the Training Tall Ship for the Spanish Navy History Originally named Kurt after Dr Kurt Siemers director general and president of the Hamburg shipping company "G
• Length: 95 m
• Width: 13 m
• Depth: 7. 5 m
• Grossreg. ton: 2376 tons
• Netreg. ton: 2114 tons
• Cargo: 4050 tons
• Length of main mast: 50 m
• Total area of sails: 3240 m²
• Area of square sails: 2450 m²
• Crew: 26

See also

• af Chapman
• Kruzenshtern (ship)
• Passat (ship)
• Pamir (ship)
• Peking (ship)

External links

• Homepage of museum ship "Pommern"