Alexander von Humboldt 1:150

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The ship was launched on 10 September 1906, as the 1st ship in a series of 10 vessels. Her purpose was as a lighthouse reserve ship. It is not known exactly under what name she was christened at the time, whether Fehmarnbelt or Sonderburg. Her first home port was Sonderburg in Denmark. She served in many locations, then in 1945 she replaced the bomb-damaged Kiel Lighthouse Ship. In the spring of 1957, however, she was sunk in a collision by a Swedish freighter. After being picked up and undergoing a 2-year overhaul, she served for a while as a service ship, then again as a lighthouse ship. Eventually she was made into a fully automated lighthouse ship, which again suffered a serious collision. Further repairs followed and due to the design of her hull she was made into a school sailing ship belonging to the German Sailing Foundation under the name Alexander von Humboldt - in honour of the German explorer. She was eventually painted green and given green sails as a marketing tool by the ship's sponsor, the German brewery Beck's. It still serves its purpose today.
The ship is 63 m long, displaces 396 metric tons, has 1036 m2 of sails and a crew of 60 men (25 permanent members and 35 graduates).
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