Herzogin Cecilie
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History | |
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Name | Herzogin Cecilie |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Rickmers Schiffbau AG, Bremerhaven |
Yard number | 122 |
Launched | 22 April 1902 |
Completed | 7 June 1902 |
Out of service | 25 April 1936 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sank, 18 January 1936 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage |
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Length | 334 ft 8 in (102.01 m) |
Beam | 46 ft 3 in (14.10 m) |
Height | 175 ft 6 in (53.49 m) |
Draught | 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m) |
Propulsion | sails |
Sail plan | 4-masted barque, 38,000 square feet (3,530 m2) sail area |
Crew |
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Herzogin Cecilie was a German-built four-mast barque (windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886–1954), spouse of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1882–1951) (Herzogin being German for Duchess). She sailed under German, French and Finnish flags.