The Krusenstern or Kruzenshtern
is a Russian four masted barque and tall ship that was built in 1926
in Bremerhaven-Wesermünde, Germany, as shipyard number "S408" under
the name Padua (named after the eponymous Italian city). She was
given to the USSR in 1946 as war reparation and renamed after the
early 19th century Baltic German explorer in Russian service, Adam
Johann Krusenstern (1770-1846).
Of the four remaining Flying P-Liners, the Ex-Padua is the only one
still in use, mainly for training purposes, with her home ports in
Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg) and Murmansk. After the Sedov,
another former German ship, she is the largest traditional sailing
vessel still in operation. Originally, like all P-liners, she was
painted according to the colours of the German national flag of the
German Empire era, black (hull above water, topsides), white
(waterline area) and red (underwater body). |
