Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Dar Pomorza"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Dar Pomorza |
| Ex-names: | Prinzess Eitel Friedrich, Colbert, Pomorze |
| Registered port: | Gdynia |
| Nation: | POL |
| Type of rigging: | VOLLSCHIFF |
| Year built: | 1909 |
| Yard: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, GER |
| Overall length: | 91.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 81.30 m |
| Breadth: | 12.60 m |
| Draught: | 5.70 m |
| Sail area: | 2100 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 430 PS |
| Engine: | MAN |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 15 Jan 2011
- is one of three square sailing ships which were managed by the German training ship association "Deutscher Schulschiff-Verein" before World War I, built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg 1908-09, commissioned in 1910, first name was "Prinzess Eitel Friedrich".
- given to France in 1920 as war reparation, managed by the Navigation School of St.Nazaire, FRA; laid up for 11 years, named the "Colbert" in this time.
- 1929 bought by the Polish Maritime School with funds raised by people of Pomerania, renamed "Pomorze", repaired in Nakskov, DK; installation of an auxilliary engine, renamed the "Dar Pomorza" (gift from Pomerania) in 1930.
- 1934/35 voyage to New York, Brazil and South Africa, through the Panama Canal.
- 1936/37 another voyage around Cape Horn to Tahiti.
- during World War II the sailing ship was laid up in Sweden and in 1945 she returned to Poland, after this, she mainly sailed in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
- 1967 transatlantic voyage to visit the Expo in Montreal, Canada.
- regular participation in Tall Ships Races from 1972 and winner of the Cutty Sark Trophy in 1980.
- her last voyage was to Gibraltar and Tenerife in 1981.
- decommissioned and permanently moored in Gdynia as museum ship managed by the Maritime Museum of Gdansk.
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 262 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 78 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Giancarlo Schiavoni
"Unter Segeln, die grossen Windjammer auf den Weltmeeren"
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1994 ISBN: 3-7822-0605-3
(ital. Originalausgabe: "La nave a vela")
Page: 42, 92 Source with picture Source with history
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 292 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data