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The ''Pommern'', formerly the ''Mneme'' (1903–1908), is a windjammer. She is a four-masted barque that was built in 1903 in Glasgow, Scotland at the J. Reid & Co shipyard. The ''Pommern'' (German for Pomerania) is one of the Flying P-Liners, the famous sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. Later she was acquired by Gustaf Erikson of Mariehamn in the Finnish Åland archipelago, who used her to carry grain from the Spencer Gulf area in Australia to harbours in England or Ireland until the start of World War II. After World War Two, she was donated to the town of Mariehamn as a museum ship. She is now a museum ship belonging to the Åland Maritime Museum and is anchored in western Mariehamn, Åland. A collection of photographs taken by Ordinary Seaman Peter Karney in 1933 showing dramatic pictures of life on a sailing ship rounding Cape Horn can be found in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. A 1:35-scale model of the ''Pommern'' hangs in Grundtvigs Kirke, in Copenhagen, Denmark, though on being donated to the church in 1939, the model was renamed ''Dronning Alexandrine'' in honour of Denmark's then- queen consort. The ''Pommern'' has the reputation of being a "lucky ship". She survived both world wars unscathed, lost only four crew members at sea on her journeys, and she won the Great Grain Races twice, 1930 and 1937. She is one of the most popular landmarks of Åland, and is visited by thousands of visitors annually. Four other Clyde-built tall ships are still afloat: * ''Balclutha'' (San Francisco) * ''Falls of Clyde'' (Hawaii) * ''Glenlee'' (Glasgow) * ''Moshulu'' (Philadelphia) == Technical details == *Structure: Built of steel *Sail plan: 4 masted barque *Length: *Width: *Draft: *Gross register tonnage: 2376 *Net register tonnage: 2114 *Cargo: *Height of main mast: *Total area of sails: *Area of square sails: *Crew: 26 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pommern (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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