.jpg) Pommern atMariehamn, Finland, in 2019 | |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | J Reid & Co |
| Launched | 31 January 1903 |
| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Four-masted steel barque |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 95 m (311 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion | Sails, 3,420 m2 (36,800 sq ft) |
| Sail plan | Barque |
| Complement | 26 |
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Pommern, formerlyMneme (1903–1908), is a steel-hulled four-mastedbarque. It was built in 1903 at the J. Reid & Co shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland.
Pommern (German forPomerania) is one of theFlying P-Liners,sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. In 1921 the Pommern had to be handed over to Greece aswar reparation. In 1923 she was acquired byGustaf Erikson ofMariehamn in the FinnishÅland archipelago, who used her to carry grain from theSpencer Gulf area in Australia to harbours in England or Ireland until the start ofWorld War II.
On 2 March 1935,Pommern ran aground atPort Germein,South Australia,[1] but she was refloated and returned to service.
After World War II,Pommern was donated to the town ofMariehamn as a museum ship. It is now amuseum ship belonging to theÅland Maritime Museum and is anchored in western Mariehamn,Åland. A collection of photographs taken by Ordinary SeamanPeter Karney in 1933 showing dramatic pictures of life on a sailing ship roundingCape Horn can be found in theNational Maritime Museum atGreenwich.
A 1:35-scale model ofPommern hangs inGrundtvigs Kirke, in Copenhagen, Denmark, though on being donated to the church in 1939, the model was renamedDronning Alexandrine in honour of Denmark's then- queen consort.[2]
Pommern is so-called "bald-headedbarque": it does not have royals over her upper topgallant sails. The topsails and topgallant sails have been divided in two (upper and lower) to ease their handling.
Pommern has the reputation of being a "lucky ship". She survived both world wars unscathed, lost only four crew members at sea on her journeys, and won theGreat Grain Races twice, 1930 and 1937. "Pommern" is thus one of the most popular landmarks of Åland, and is visited by thousands of visitors annually.
In 2019 Pommern was placed in a purpose-built dock facility that can be pumped dry for periodic maintenance of the ship's hull.
Media related toPommern at Wikimedia Commons
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