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Farolo*
10-05-2005, 04:59 PM
A60 Gorch Fock


Class, [Type]: [AXT]
Builder Blohm + Voss, Hamburg
Launched 23 August 1958
Commissioned 17 December 1958

Displacement, tons 1819 standard, 2005 full load
Dimensions, metres 89,32 x 12,02 x 5,25
Main machinery 1 x Deutz-MWM SBV 6 M 628 diesel ( 1660 hp )
Speed, knots 15
Range, miles 1100 at 10 knots
Complement 66 ( 10 officers ) + 140 cadets

Callsign: DRAX ( )
Comment sail area is 1904 square meters.




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Saludos

McLane
10-05-2005, 05:03 PM
Wow, extrem cool Pics! Thx for sharing!

Farolo*
10-05-2005, 05:09 PM
Taken in Valencia, Espaņa. September 2005

Saludos

Hullebullen
10-05-2005, 06:03 PM
Somehow I expected more of this thread going by the title... :|

...but nice pics nonetheless...

Sua_Sponte
10-05-2005, 06:08 PM
I always thought that the old clipper type ships were pretty damn cool.. (not sure what classification this boat is, so dont jump my ass for not being a sailor)

DE_Six
10-05-2005, 08:47 PM
Beautiful! :)

Catch22
10-05-2005, 09:13 PM
She's three-masted barque actually, there are 5 such ships build by Blohm&Voss in late 30's - Groch Fock is one of them - known also as B&V "quintet".

Eagle (USCG)
http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/images/Eagle.jpg

Mircea (Romania)
http://www.mcuniverse.com/uploads/pics/DSC05364.JPG

Sagres II (Portugal)
http://dutchfleet.net/files/thumbs/t_sagres_150.jpg

Tovarich (Russia)
http://dutchfleet.net/files/thumbs/t_towarischtsch.jpg

He219
10-05-2005, 09:27 PM
She's three-masted barque actually, there are 5 such ships build by Blohm&Voss in late 30's - Groch Fock is one of them - known also as B&V "quintet".

Eagle (USCG)
http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/images/Eagle.jpg

Mircea (Romania)
http://www.mcuniverse.com/uploads/pics/DSC05364.JPG

Sagres II (Portugal)
http://dutchfleet.net/files/thumbs/t_sagres_150.jpg

Tovarich (Russia)
http://dutchfleet.net/files/thumbs/t_towarischtsch.jpg
You mean the Horst Wessel, Mircea, Albert Leo Schlageter and Gorch Fock I.
;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/news%20photos/Todays/Continued/fc3645ce.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/news%20photos/Todays/Continued/0cb96ab8.jpg

Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schroeder (SPD) nimmt am Sonntag, 14. August 2005, als Schirmherr die Windjammerparade der Sail 2005 von Bord der Fregatte "Hamburg" ab. Im Hintergrund die portugiesische "Sagres II". (AP Photo/Focke Strangmann, pool) ----German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder watches the tall ships parade of the Sail 2005 in Bremerhaven, northern Germany, Sunday, Aug 14, 2005. In the background, the ship "Sagres II" from Portugal. (AP Photo/Focke Strangmann, pool)

HooyahCQB
10-05-2005, 10:13 PM
Nice Looking Boot!

Catch22
10-05-2005, 10:23 PM
Yea Heinkel, especially Horst Wessel, the same stabbed pimp this song was about ;)

OldRecon
10-06-2005, 03:57 AM
Great topic, with nice pics :)!
If your interested in "tall ships" and other sailing vessels from back in the "good old days", I can highly reccommend this DVD http://www.bluewaterweb.com/BosunsLocker/Locker.asp?SKU=MD1028517&TopicID=212

tomcat1974
10-06-2005, 04:20 AM
here are the pictures of Nava-scoala "Mircea" (school ship)
http://www.fortele-navale.ro/diverse/bric/album/18c.JPG
http://www.fortele-navale.ro/diverse/bric/album/3a.JPG
http://www.fortele-navale.ro/diverse/bric/album/5d.JPG
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http://www.fortele-navale.ro/diverse/bric/album/vele7.JPG
copyright http://www.fortele-navale.ro/

ranger75bn
10-06-2005, 07:02 AM
Sorry but i'm an old "sailor" and i love this little school ship....

http://www.navytrieste.com/Nave_Amerigo_Vespucci/amerigo_vespucci_001.jpg
http://www.navytrieste.com/Nave_Amerigo_Vespucci/amerigo_vespucci_034.jpg
http://www.navytrieste.com/Nave_Amerigo_Vespucci/amerigo_vespucci_006.jpg
http://www.navytrieste.com/Nave_Amerigo_Vespucci/amerigo_vespucci_021.jpg
http://www.navytrieste.com/Nave_Amerigo_Vespucci/amerigo_vespucci_022.jpg
http://www.navytrieste.com/Nave_Amerigo_Vespucci/amerigo_vespucci_032.jpg
http://www.navytrieste.com/Nave_Amerigo_Vespucci/amerigo_vespucci_033.jpg

Nave Amerigo Vespucci (IT)

sigh..old memories

theg
10-06-2005, 07:40 AM
nice pics

baker
10-06-2005, 07:41 AM
woot woot

Zamboni
10-06-2005, 05:08 PM
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9890/1000214450x6001kq.jpg

Was this one taken the day after the kegger?

faithless
10-06-2005, 05:15 PM
My dad sailed the Eagle when he was in the Coast Guard academy.

MARINO
10-06-2005, 05:16 PM
beautifull

eyeglass
10-06-2005, 06:28 PM
Great photos Farolo I like so much.........You have more photos of this kind of ships?



Spanish Naval Spotters (military and civilians)
http://www.fotosdebarcos.com

Bulabash
10-07-2005, 03:16 AM
Beautifull pics, yarrrrr