S/S Statsraad Lehmkuhl Anchor - Bergen, Norway
N 60° 23.888 E 005° 19.226
32V E 297304 N 6701413
This anchor is from the S/S Statsraad Lehmkuhl and is located in front of the museum bearing its name in Bergen, Norway.
Waymark Code: WMPBKH
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Date Posted: 08/04/2015
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A plaque one of the pavers around the anchor reads:
S/S Statsraad Lehmkuhl
(Ex "Grossherzog Friedrich August")
Stokkanker med brostein
fra skipets ballast 1914 - 1998
En gave til byen fra:
Stiftelsen Seilskipet Stratsraad Lehmkuhl
Bergen kommune, Anleggsavdelingen
Bergen og Omland Havnevesen
[English Translation:]
S/S Statsraad Lehmkuhl
(Ex "Grossherzog Friedrich August")
Log anchor with cobblestones
from ship's ballast 1914 - 1998
A gift to the town from:
Foundation Seilskipet Stratsraad Lehmkuhl
Bergen municipality, Construction Department
Bergen and District Havnevesen
"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").
Line art of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl.
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."
-- Wikipedia
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