Sailboat "Kruzenshtern" was built in 1926 in Germany vezermyundskih urban shipyards.At that time it was called "Padova", but was renamed in honor of the first Russian Admiral only in 1946. Its displacement is more than six thousand tons.In those days, he even made a few unique voyages, reaching from Hamburg to Port Lincoln in just two months, and up the coast of Chile - in three.
During the Second World Windjammer those who were still in good condition, were the ports.And only "Kruzenshtern" - a sailboat, which, when many estimates "screwed" is an auxiliary tugboat.
A 1945 decision of the Potsdam Conference, the world's largest ships of this class "Commander Yonzen" renamed "Sedov" and "Padova" handed over to the Soviet Union.In January next year they raised over Soviet flags.And since then, the ship received the name of the great Russian sailor, brought up a generation, became a member of the Baltic group.
Sailboat "Kruzenshtern" is still one of the biggest sailing ships in the world, it is only larger engine "Sedov".He is assigned to the order of the Ministry of rybhozyaystva training ships.Its home port is Riga.
When the sailing ship "Kruzenshtern" has gone under the Soviet flag, he had several times crossed the Atlantic, skirted Europe, visiting many foreign ports.In these flights he naplavatsya more than one hundred and eighty thousand miles.
In 1961 it was equipped with two eight-cylinder diesel engine subsidiary, and since then the sailing ship "Kruzenshtern" is no longer considered a typical Windjammer.With strong wind its speed under sail comes to sixteen knots, while in calm with the included auxiliary engines - up to nine.
Sailboat "Kruzenshtern", photos which are presented in the article, despite his age - quite modern ship, which has sailing and motor control, and equipped with the latest electroradionavigating equipment, radar and other devices.This is one of the few sailing barks, which floats for almost a hundred years.From 1973 to 1977, the first years of sailing ship "Kruzenshtern" sailed fifteen enough long-haul flights.
He steel body, divided into compartments by a seven watertight bulkheads.It has two continuous wooden deck and a platform.
From rescue tools on the barge are six boats, designed for the simultaneous transport of two hundred and eighty-four, and fifteen inflatable rafts on which is placed on the 10 passengers.Sailing 770 tonnes of ballast, of which two hundred and seventy - in liquid form in the double bottom.
Today, motor-sailing barque takes its board cadets from morehodok.It is held annually the practice of more than eight hundred young men who have chosen a specialty sea.Last windjammer - sailing ship "Kruzenshtern", which for decades has experienced their classmates - is still service, tempering on board cadets, which the Russian Navy considers his future.
