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Rear view of saill trainingsship Gorch Fock at naval base Kiel, summer 2009
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The Gorch Fock is a tall ship of the German Navy (Deutsche Marine). She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships are named in honour of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the pseudonym "Gorch Fock" and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in 1916.
Namesake: pseudonym of Johann Kinau
Owner: German Navy (Deutsche Marine)
Builder: Blohm & Voss
Launched: 23 August 1958
Commissioned: 17 December 1958
Homeport: Kiel
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Nickname(s): Gorch Fock II
Status: in active service, as of 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorch_Fock_(1958)
 

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