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Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 1). 1. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 1. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 1. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. The Kruzenshtern or Krusenstern (Russian: Барк «Крузенштерн») is a Russian four masted barque and tall ship that was built in 1926 in Bremerhaven-Wesermünde, Germany, as shipyard number "S408" under the name Padua (named after the eponymous Italian city). She was given to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation and renamed after the early 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770-1846). Of the four remaining Flying P-Liners, the Ex-Padua is the only one still in use, mainly for training purposes, with her home ports in Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) and Murmansk. After the Sedov, another former German ship, she is the largest traditional sailing vessel still in operation. Originally, like all P-liners, she was painted according to the colours of the German national flag of the German Empire era, black (hull above water, topsides), white (waterline area) and red (underwater body). The Kruzenshtern led the international procession of tall ships into New York Harbor for Operation Sail on Sunday, July 4, 1976. Launched in 1926 as the last of the P-Liners, the Padua was commissioned as a cargo ship, used among other things to ship construction material to Chile, South America, returning with saltpeter around Cape Horn. Later she transported wheat from Australia. The maiden voyage from Hamburg to Talcahuano (Chile) took 87 days. In 1933–1934 she took a record-breaking 67 days from Hamburg to Port Lincoln in South Australia. Prior to World War II she made 15 long trips to Chile and Australia. The fastest voyage she made was in 1938–1939, from Hamburg via Chile to Australia and back to Hamburg in 8 months and 23 days under captain Richard Wendt - a world record voyage for tall ships that has never been broken. Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 1). 1. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 1. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 1. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship.