Statsraad Lehmkuhl

History
Germany
Name	Grossherzog Friedrich August
Namesake	Grand Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
Builder	Tecklenborg company; Bremerhaven;
Launched	1914
In service	1914-1918
Norway
Name	Statsraad Lehmkuhl
Namesake	Kristofer Lehmkuhl
In service	1921
Identification	IMO number: 5339248; Call sign: LDRG; MMSI number: 258113000;
General characteristics
Tonnage	1516 tons
Length	Sparred Length: 98,00 m; (Length of hull): 84,60 m; (Length of waterline): 73,00 m
Beam	12,60 m
Height	Max. Height: 48,00 m
Draft	5.20 m
Propulsion	22 Sails
Sail plan	Sail area: 2026 m2
Speed	11 knots (engine) / 17 knots (sails)

The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the Royal Norwegian Navy (using RNoN's prefix "KNM", English: "HNoMS").

It was built in 1914 as a school training ship for the German merchant marine under the name Grossherzog Friedrich August. After the First World War the ship was taken as a prize by the United Kingdom and in 1921 the ship was bought by former cabinet minister Kristoffer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means "Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl"). With the exception of the Second World War, when she was captured by German troops and called Westwärts, the ship has belonged to Bergens Skoleskib until it was donated to the Foundation in 1978.

In 2000, it was chartered by the German Navy while their Gorch Fock was overhauled.

Sister ships

The three sister ships of Statsraad Lehmkuhl also survive:

Dar Pomorza (originally Prinzess Eitel Friedrich)
Duchesse Anne (originally Großherzogin Elisabeth)
Schulschiff Deutschland

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Sister ships

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