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Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 4). 4. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 4. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 4. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. The ship was used in three German films — Die Meuterei auf der Elsinore (1935); Herz geht vor Anker (1940) and Große Freiheit Nr. 7 (1944), as well as a number of Russian and Soviet films. On 23 June 2009 while enroute to the Charleston, South Carolina Harborfest, the ship's foremast was damaged in a storm off of Bermuda when the sail backed and snapped the mast. On 3 May 2010 the ship stopped in Bremerhaven after a trip of five months with stops in Vancouver for the Olympic Games and in Cuba, after which it departed for Kaliningrad. Dusty Rhodes, organizer of Sail Boston stated that the visit would be part of their Sail Massachusetts initiative to invite tall ships to the Commonwealth coastal communities before their arrival in Boston. KRUZENSHTERN is 376-foot in length, four-masted barque rig, and the second largest traditional sail training vessel in the world still in operation. The ship was built in 1927 as PADUA in Bremerhave, Germany, and was given to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation after World War II. She was renamed KRUZENSHTERN after the early 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770-1846). Since 1990 the vessel has been used as a sail training vessel by the Baltic Academy in Kalingrad, Russia and is supported by Tall Ship Friends, a non-profit organization in Hamburg, Germany. Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 4). 4. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 4. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 4. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship.

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Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 3). 3. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 3. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 3. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. In January 1981 the Kruzenshtern transferred to the "Estonian Fisheries Industry" at Tallinn and in 1991 she became part of the "State Baltic Academy of the Fisheries" fleet with her new home port in Kaliningrad. The Kruzenshtern takes part in many international regattas. After the fall of the USSR funding became a problem, so passengers are taken aboard for that purpose. In 1995/96 she made a trip around the world in the trail of her namesake. She again circumnavigated the globe in 2005-06 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Krustenstern's circumnavigation. Kruzenshtern is the second largest sailing ship in the world behind another Russian ship, Sedov. Originally called Padua, she was built in Germany in the 1920's as one of five clipper ships for the 'Flying P Line' which traded in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific. The five ships' names all began with 'P' and only Padua is still sailing. Pamir sank in a hurricane off the Azores, Peking ended up as a museum in New York, Pommern is alongside in Mariehamn and Passat is tied up as a youth camp with mast, but no sails, near the Kiel Canal. Padua was awarded to Russia in 1946 and renamed Kruzenshtern after the famous Russian hydrographer and navigator. She is easy to recognise with distinctive black and white sides, common on ships that traded with the East, where the design imitated gunports to scare away pirates. Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 3). 3. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 3. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 3. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship.

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Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 2). 2. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 2. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 2. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. On January 12, 1946 she was given to the USSR to be integrated into the Soviet Baltic Fleet. She was moored in Kronstadt harbour until 1961 where she underwent major repairs and a refit (e. g. the installation of her first engines) for her missions under leadership of the Hydrographic Department of the Soviet Navy. From 1961 to 1965 the ship performed many hydrographic and oceanographical surveys for the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in the Atlantic ocean, the Caribbean, and Mediterranean, and was used as a training vessel for naval cadets. In 1965 she was transferred to the USSR Ministry of Fisheries in Riga to be used as a schoolship for future fishery officers. From 1968-72 a major modernisation took place, installing her current set of engines and applying her current hull paint - black with a wide white stripe including black 'portholes' which from a distance look just like real gunports. The painting (by the Soviet owners) on the side suggests the presence of cannons, but that is just an illusion . The tall ship "Kruzenshtern" arrives at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Friday morning (07-03-09). The Kruzenshtern is a 376-foot in length, four-masted barque rig, and the second largest traditional sail training vessel in the world still in operation. The Academy will host the Class A vessel from July 3-6th. The public is invited to tour the ship during her visit to the Buzzards Bay campus. Hours for free public boarding will be on July 3-5 from 12:00-5:00. Kruzenshtern (Wallpaper 2). 2. Wallpaper gallery of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship. 2. Kruzenshtern tall ship photos and pictures wallpaper collection. 2. Voyage review of Kruzenshtern, Russian tall ship.

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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.