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| History | |
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 Germany | |
| Name | Gorch Fock II |
| Namesake | Johann Kinau, AKA "Gorch Fock" |
| Owner | German Navy (Deutsche Marine) |
| Builder | Blohm & Voss |
| Yard number | 804 |
| Launched | 23 August 1958 |
| Commissioned | 17 December 1958 |
| Homeport | Kiel |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service, as of 2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 441 training ship |
| Displacement | 1760 tons |
| Length | 81.2 m (266 ft) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Installed power | 1,220 kW (1660 hp) |
| Propulsion | Sail, auxiliary six-cylinder diesel engine |
| Sail plan | three-masted barque |
| Speed | 13.7 knots (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph) under power |
The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy (Deutsche Marine), built in 1958 as a replacement for the original Gorch Fock built in 1933 which was taken as war reparations by the Soviet Union after World War II, renamed Tovarishch, and returned to Germany in 2003.
Both ships are named in honour 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 as a delayed sister ship to five ships built in the 1930s, and has since then undertaken 146 cruises (as of October 2006[needs update]), 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. The Gorch Fock is under the command of the Naval Academy in Flensburg-Mürwik.