The tall ship Statsraad Lemkuhl departing from her home port of Bergen, Norway
The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is a three-masted barque-rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. She is based in Bergen, Norway and is contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the Royal Norwegian Navy. She was built in 1914 as a school training ship for the German merchant marine under the name Grossherzog Friedrich August. After the First World War the ship was taken as a prize by the United Kingdom and in 1921 was bought by former cabinet minister Kristoffer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means "Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl"). In World War II she was captured by German troops and called Westwärts. The ship was donated to the Foundation, which was set up to preserve and sail her, in 1978
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Location: Bergen, Norway
Photo credit: © Roger Goodwin / Alamy / Afripics
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