From 5 to 8 August visited the training ship GORCH FOCK, led by Captain Norbert Schatz, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Thus, the three-masted barque returned after 20 years at their "birthplace" back.
was hardly on Thursday on the Stelling, jostling for many hamburgers and Tourists on the pier to catch a glimpse of the white tall ships. The OPEN SHIP at the weekend attracted over 10,000 visitors to the piers. After arriving citizenship welcomed President Dr. Lutz Mohaupt, economic Axel Gedaschko Senator, representing citizens and Senate, and Captain Klaus Beyer E., Commander Land Command and location oldest Hamburg Hamburg, the commander and his crew. Dr. Mohaupt was pleased that the ship after 21 years again found their way to Hamburg and said: "It is a tremendous positive feeling to know that this beautiful ship more than 50 years at Blohm & Voss launched run is "
OPEN SHIP at the Gorch Fock (Source:. © 2010 Bundeswehr / LKdo HH / Land Command Hamburg)
attractions for the crew
Senator Gedaschko found that the Navy had not some time in Hamburg stood in the "top priority", which is only associated with geopolitical events of 2001 changed. The more we look forward to now the knowing im Hamburger Hafen. According hospitable showed the hamburger. On the occasion of the visit was a celebratory dinner for the crew of the GORCH FOCK in the Great Hall of the Hamburg City Hall, where. In the presence of Ulli Icheln-Kinau, the godmother of the ship and its namesake, the niece of the famous writer Johann Wilhelm Marine Kinau alias Gorch Fock, received representatives of citizenship and the Senate, a large delegation of the occupation.
Besides the formal program, there were also plenty of attractions for the crew. The shore was not only for visits to the Hamburg Cathedral, various museums, but also for city and harbor cruises, and the Famous Hamburger Nightlife used. A highlight was a tour of the stadium of Hamburg SV (HSV, Imtech Arena) and a meeting with the HSV-Stars, which many a football fan will remain in the Marines probably longer in memory.
GORCH FOCK under sail (Source: © 2010 Bundeswehr / Ann-Kathrin Fischer / branch Kiel)
"Cast off!"
In real Hamburger "bad weather" took the bark on Sunday morning departure. The Hanseatic city was one of the last stops before the upcoming training trip. On 20 August, it said in Bremerhaven again "Cast" for the sail training ship, which expires then one of the longest trips of his story. For the first time is the goal of South America. This is the barque sail around Cape Horn, among other things. Apart from the famous southern tip of South America - one of the highlights of the trip - wait 215 days at sea, 84 days and 13 ports ports in eleven countries on the crew.
sailing ship as a naval institution
the Gorch Fock was built in 1958 by Blohm & Voss. Handshake the former mayor Max Brauer was a sponsor ship of citizenship and the Senate. Since this symbolic act, the GORCH FOCK has covered over 740 000 nautical miles while circling the Earth 34 times and trained over 14,500 officers and officer candidates.
Source: German Navy, www.marine.de , Martin bucket (Land Command Hamburg)
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