The DAR POMORZA

The DAR POMORZA

The DAR POMORZA (English: Gift of Pomerania) seen here with 2 tugs, is a Polish full-rigged sailing ship built in 1909 which is preserved in Gdynia as a museum ship. She has served as a sail training ship in Germany, France, and Poland. DAR POMORZA won the Cutty Sark Trophy in 1980.HistoryThe ship was built in 1909 by Blohm & Voss and dedicated in 1910 by Deutscher Schulschiff-Verein as the German training ship PRINZESS EITEL FRIEDRICH, named for Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, wife of Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia. Her hull was launched on October 12, 1909. In 1920, following World War I, the ship was taken as war-reparations by Great Britain, then brought to France, where she was assigned to the seamen's school at St-Nazaire under the name COLBERT. The ship was in 1927 given to Baron de Forrest as compensation for the loss of a sailing yacht. Due to the high costs of refurbishing the ship, she was sold in 1929.Still bearing the name PRINZESS EITEL FRIEDRICH, she was bought by the Polish community of Pomerania for £7,000, as the new training ship for the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia. She was given the name DAR POMORZA (the Gift of Pomerania).Wikipedia contributors, "Dar Pomorza," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dar_Pomorza&oldid=1181350897 (accessed December 12, 2023).