Schulschiff Deutschland

Schulschiff Deutschland is a German full-rigged sail training ship, maintained as a historical monument and museum ship. She was employed as a school ship for the merchant marine beginning in 1927. The ship is moored at Vegesack, in the Federal State of Bremen, Germany. Since the name Deutschland was at the time of its construction already assigned to an unbuilt naval warship, its official name is Schulschiff Deutschland.The ship carries 25 sails with a total sail area of 1950 square meters.The top speed on engine is 12 knots, and on sail 18.2 knots.HistorySchulschiff Deutschland was launched on 14 June 1927 at the Joh. C. Tecklenborg shipyard in Geestemünde (today Bremerhaven) for the Deutscher Schulschiff-Verein (German Training Ship Association) as its fourth merchant marine training ship.From 1927 to 1939 she undertook training trips overseas and in the North and Baltic Seas.During World War II cruises were limited and these trips were only held in the Baltic Sea. Her brief stint as a hospital ship in the final months of World War II saved her from having to be delivered to the Allies as war reparation.Between 1949 and 1952, she served three years as a hostel before she was subsequently used in Bremen as a stationary training ship for seamen students.In 1994 she was protected by law as a floating monument and renovated in 1995/1996 in Bremen-Vegesack.