Gorch Fock — German Navy Sail Training Barque Model, Medium | Admiral Line

The white-hulled barque that has taught every generation of German naval officer since 1958.

Built plank on frame in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany, hand-finished and fully assembled. The white topsides are unforgiving — every plank seam and fitting has to be right, because there is no grain pattern to hide behind.

Construction

• Plank-on-frame hull with hand-applied white finish
• Three masts, barque-rigged, with hand-knotted standing and running rigging
• Hand-stitched linen sails
• Deck detail: boats, davits, deckhouses, wheel and fittings
• Metal anchors and wooden rudder
• Solid wood base and engraved brass nameplate

History

Launched at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg in 1958 and named for the writer Johann Kinau, who died at Jutland and wrote under the pen name Gorch Fock, she is the second ship to carry the name. She has crossed the Atlantic more than a dozen times and appeared on the German ten-mark note — a rare honour for a working ship.