OceanShooter : Ship and Boat

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Gorch Fock (wallpaper 4). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 4. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 4. Officially Gorch Fock is a Type 441 class naval ship with the NATO pennant number A60. Her international radio call sign is DRAX. The Gorch Fock was depicted on the 10 DM banknote of the third series (1960–1990) issued by the Bundesbank and is therefore one of the most portrayed ships in the world. The Gorch Fock participates in sailing parades and Tall Ships' Races, where she is in amicable rivalry with the Italian vessel Amerigo Vespucci. Other ships of the same class include the USCGC Eagle, Sagres III, Gorch Fock (1933) and Mircea. The Gorch Fock has been in German Navy service as a school ship since 1958. More than 14,500 cadets have been trained on the Gorch Fock. In 1987-88, she sailed around the world, with stops on five continents. Lasting 336 days, this was her second longest cruise, topped only by a training cruise in 1996-97 from Kiel to Bangkok and back that lasted 343 days. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 4). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 4. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 4. Over the last 50 years, at least six sailors have died in accidents aboard the Gorch Fock, either by falling from the rigging or by going overboard. Recent fatalities include an 18-year-old officer-candidate who drowned after falling off the training ship in the North Sea at night on 3 September 2008. On 7 November 2010, another female officer-candidate died as a consequence of falling from the rigging. The accident happened during an exercise while the ship was moored in the port of Salvador da Bahia (Brasil). In the aftermath of the latest accident, naval cadets refused to climb the 40-meters mast, and four of them were subsequently accused of "inciting rebellion". This was described as a mutiny in some accounts. Officers' training on board the Gorch Fock was suspended pending a thorough review of training protocols and indeed the entire training program. According to a November 19, 2010 statement by Fleet Command, the officer candidates then on board were to be flown back to Germany to continue their training while the ship was docked in Ushuaia, Argentina. The captain was suspended, and a commission was appointed to investigate claims of sexual harassment and improper conduct. On March 13, 2011, all charges against the captain were dismissed. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 4). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 4. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 4.

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Gorch Fock (wallpaper 3). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 3. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 3. Two inquiries are underway in Germany into claims of harsh treatment and an alleged mutiny on the country’s most prestigious training ship, the Gorch Fock. Last November a female officer cadet fell to her death from the rigging. She died from her injuries on Sunday. The accident led to protests from the other cadets, who refused to climb the masts when the ship was under sail. They were then told if they refused they would be sent home. The navy then recalled the ship to Germany, and it is now crossing the Pacific sailed by regular seamen and the training officers. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 3). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 3. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 3. Stories have since emerged alleging tough initiation tasks and sexual bullying on board. In December Captain Norbert Schatz said in an interview in Buenos Aires that modern youths were not rugged or nimble enough to sail a tall ship, and spent too much time in front of computers. Over the years, various modernizations have been applied to the ship. She was fitted with air conditioning, the asbestos used originally was removed and replaced by less dangerous materials in 1991, and in that year she also received a new auxiliary engine, a six cylinder diesel engine producing 1,220 kW (1660 hp), giving the ship a top speed of 13.7 knots under power. The interior has also been modified multiple times; technological advances made it possible to reduce the size of the galley and enlarge the crew quarters. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 3). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 3. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 3.

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Gorch Fock (wallpaper 2). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 2. Guttenberg has ordered the Gorch Fock to return to Germany immediately. "I have instructed the navy chief of staff to relieve the ship's commander as leader of the ship," the defence minister told daily Bild am Sonntag. Ahead of publication of the newspaper's report on Saturday, a spokesman for the defence ministry confirmed Captain Norbert Schatz was dismissed. An investigation by Hellmut Königshaus, the German parliamentary liaison to the military, found that the crew of the Gorch Fock rebelled after one of their comrades, 25-year-old Sarah S., fell 27 metres to her death during a climbing exercise last November. According to the report by Königshaus, four officer cadets were accused of mutiny after members of the crew – still mourning the death of their colleague – refused to follow orders to climb the ship's rigging. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 2). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 2. Pending further notice, the ship will not leave the harbour in Kiel once it returns to Germany. The Gorch Fock will be out of commission "until a commission is appointed, in cooperation with representatives of the German Bundestag, to decide the extent to which the Gorch Fock has a future as a training ship and ambassador for Germany on the world's oceans," Guttenberg told Bild. According to broadcaster ARD, the ship's captain was informed of his dismissal in a phone call. The Gorch Fock, which is currently moored in Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, is expected to set sail for Kiel on February 4. Schatz's predecessor, Michael Brühn, is set to take over command of the ship. In its show Nachtmagazin, ARD reported that Brühn is also a member of the investigative committee that is expected to arrive in Ushuaia next Thursday. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 2). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 2.

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Gorch Fock (wallpaper 1). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 1. The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy (Deutsche Marine). She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships are named in honor of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym "Gorch Fock" and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in 1916. The modern-day Gorch Fock was built in 1958 and has since then undertaken 146 cruises (as of October 2006), including one tour around the world in 1988. She is sometimes referred to (unofficially) as the Gorch Fock II to distinguish her from her older sister ship. Germany ceded all of its school ships as war reparations after World War II to the Allies, so the German Bundesmarine decided in 1957 to have a new training vessel built following the plans for the original Gorch Fock of 1933 which by that time was owned by the Soviets, and renamed to Tovarishch. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 1). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 1. The new ship was a modernized repeat of the Albert Leo Schlageter, a slightly modified sister ship of the previous Gorch Fock. The 1933 Gorch Fock had already been designed to be a very safe ship: she had a righting moment large enough to bring her back into the upright position even when heeling over to nearly 90°. Nevertheless some last-minute changes to the design were made in response to the Pamir disaster in 1957, especially concerning the strength of the body and the bulkheads as well as the lifesaving equipment, including the lifeboats. The new ship was built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, launched on 23 August 1958, and commissioned on 17 December of that year. Her home port is Kiel. The Gorch Fock is a three-masted barque with a steel hull 81.2 m (266 ft) long (without the bowsprit) and 12 m (40 ft) wide. She has a draught of some 5.2 m (17 ft) and a displacement at full load of 1760 tons. Originally, she carried 1952 m² of canvas sails; later, she received slightly larger sails made of synthetic materials. The tops of her fore and main masts can be lowered so that she can navigate the Kiel Canal, otherwise she would be too tall for some of the bridges spanning the canal. Gorch Fock (wallpaper 1). Gorch Fock sail ship images wallpaper gallery 1. Gorch Fock sail ship photos, pictures and images collection 1.