“Dar Pomorza” (Gift of Pomerania)
Nabrzeże Pomorskie
aleja Jana Pawła II
Gdynia, September 2018
“The Dar Pomorza (Gift of Pomerania) 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.The 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 yard no. was 202, her hull was launched on 12 October 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. Since 27 May 1983 she has been a museum ship in Gdynia (next to the Błyskawica). She is part of collection of National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk. In October 2009 the Dar Pomorza celebrated her 100th ‘birthday’. The celebration included her second christening by Mrs. Barbara Szczurek, the wife of the Mayor of Gdynia. Her speed under sail averaged 5 knots, with a 17 knots maximum. Her auxiliary engine was one of the type used in German U-Boats, and her horn, installed after the war, was from the German battle-cruiser Gneisenau, scuttled on 27/28 March 1945 at one of the entrances to the harbour of Gdynia.” (
Dar Pomorza, Wikipedia)
