Alexander von Humboldt (ship)
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Alexander von Humboldt is a German sailing ship originally built in 1906 by the German shipyard AG Weser at Bremen as the lightship Reserve Sonderburg. She was operated throughout the North and Baltic Seas until being retired in 1986. Subsequently, she was converted into a three masted barque by the German shipyard Motorwerke Bremerhaven and was re-launched in 1988 as Alexander von Humboldt. In 2011 the ship was taken off sail-training and sent to the Caribbean for the charter business, then she was converted to a botel.
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Name | Reserve Sonderburg |
Ordered | 1906 |
Builder | AG Weser, Bremen, Germany |
Yard number | 155 |
Launched | 10 September 1906 |
Out of service | 1985 |
Fate | Sold |
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Name | Alexander von Humboldt |
Namesake | Alexander von Humboldt |
Owner | Deutsche Stiftung Sail Training |
Christened | 20 May 1988 |
Acquired | 1985 |
Homeport | Bremerhaven |
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Fate | Sold |
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Name | Alexander von Humboldt |
Acquired | December 2011 |
In service | February 2012 |
Homeport | Freeport |
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Name | Alexander von Humboldt |
In service | early 2013 |
Homeport | St. John’s |
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Name | Alexander von Humboldt |
In service | 2013 |
Homeport | Bremerhaven |
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Status | docked |
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Displacement | 396 metric tons |
Length | 62.55 m (205.2 ft) |
Beam | 8.02 m (26.3 ft) |
Draft | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
Installed power | 375 kW |
Propulsion | sail; auxiliary MAN Diesel engine |
Sail plan | 25 sails; 1,036 m2 (11,150 sq ft) sail area |
Complement | 60 (25 crew + 35 trainees) |
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