Alanger 1/180 Russian Navy Training Ship Tovarisch Tall Ship Kit (040008)

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Alanger 1/180 Russian Navy Training Ship Tovarisch Tall Ship Kit (040008)
An unusaul model of the Famous Trainig Ship Gorch Foch as sailed under the Soviet Flag

Originally built as a school ship for the German marine in 1933, the Gorch Fock (ex Tovarishch, ex Gorch Fock) is a three masted barque. She has square sails on fore and main mast and is gaff rigged on the mizzen. The ship was designed to be especially robust and safe against capsizing: over 300 tons of steel ballast in the keel give her a righting moment large enough to bring her back in the upright position even when she heels over to nearly 90°. The Gorch Fock served as a training vessel for the German marine. During the second World War, she was a stationary office ship in Stralsund, until she was officially reactivated on April 19, 1944. On May 1, 1945 the crew scuttled her in shallow waters off Rügen in an attempt to avoid capture by the Russian troops. However, the Russians raised and salvaged her in 1947 and restored her from 1948 to 1950. The ship was newly named the Tovarishch in 1951 and put into service as a training vessel again. Her new home port was Odessa in the Black Sea. Under the name Tovarishch she participated in many Tall Ships' Races and cruised far and wide on the seven seas. She made a voyage around the world in 1957 and won the Operation Sail race twice, in 1974 and 1976. She sailed under the Ukrainian flag from 1992 to 1993. In 1999, she was moved to Wilhelmshaven and finally acquired by private sponsors and transferred to her original home port Stralsund in Germany, where she was re-baptized Gorch Fock on November 29, 2003. She is a museum ship today, and although efforts are being made to reactivate her, it is doubtful whether she will sail ever again. The design of the Gorch Fock proved highly successful. She was the first of a series of five ships built by Blohm & Voss, and a number of South American school ships are also based on the same design. Of the three original sister ships, only the Mircea (Romania)is an exact replica of the Gorch Fock. She is a museum ship today, and although efforts are being made to reactivate her, it is doubtful whether she will sail ever again. Tecnichal characteristics: Length - 82.1 m (270 ft) Width - 12 m (40 ft) Draught - 5.2 m (17 ft) Displacement - 1510 t Sails - 23 totaling 1753 sq m (18.870 ft) Engine: 550 hp

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