Gorch Fock (1933)

Later names
Tovarishch (1951)
Gorch Fock (2003)

Builder:
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg, Germany
Keel Laid:
December 2, 1932
Launched:
May 3, 1933
Year Built:
1933
Commissioned:
June 26, 1933
Fate:
On display as museum ship at Stralsund, Germany.


Owner
Kriegsmarine (German Navy)
1947:
Soviet Navy


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
269' 3"
Hull:
Steel
Beam:
39' 3"
Masts:
3
Draft:
17'
Sail:
18,870 sf.
Gross Tons:
1,354
Speed:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Engines:
N/A
Crew:
N/A


History
May 1, 1945:
Scuttled in Baltic Sea off Rügen Island.
1947:
Raised, rebuilt between 1947 and 1951.
1951:
Renamed Tovarishch, used as training ship by Soviet Union, homeport Odessa, Ukraine.
1991:
Used by Ukraine, homeport Cherson, Ukraine.
1993:
Laid up at Cherson.
1995:
Sailed to England, laid up at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
1999:
Transported to Wilhelmshaven, Germany and laid up.
2003:
Transferred to Stralsund, Germany and refurbished for display.
Nov. 29, 2003:
Renamed Gorch Fock.


Builder's Data
Page published Apr. 17, 2007