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”She is Norway’s most beautiful! Largest, oldest, steeped in memories of olden days…" .(quote from the ship´s home page |
The beautifully restored Norwegian three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel Statsraad Lehmkuhl is always an imposing sight, even with no sails in use. The picture above shows the 98 x 13m ship in Øresund this morning on its way from Karlskrona to Tönsberg.
The Statsraad Lehmkuhl was built in 1914 as a school training ship for the German merchant marine under the name Grossherzog Friedrich August. In 1921 the ship was bought by former Norwegian cabinet minister Kristoffer Lehmkuhl (hence the name). In 1978 it was donated to the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation, which still owns and operates the ship.
The Staatsrad Lehmkuhl has been awarded The Boston Teapot Trophy, given to the fastest sail training vessel in the world.
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