Engineering:Statsraad Lehmkuhl

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Short description: Barque launched in 1914
Statsraad Lehmkuhl arriving in Lerwick, Shetlands (2016)
History
German Empire
Name: Grossherzog Friedrich August
Namesake: Grand Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
Builder: Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven
Launched: 1914
In service: 1914–1918
Fate: Given to Britain as war reparation
British Empire
Acquired: 1920
Fate: Purchased by Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
Norway
Name: Statsraad Lehmkuhl
Namesake: Kristofer Lehmkuhl
Acquired: 1921
In service: 1923–1940
Fate: Captured by Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Name: Westwärts
In service: 1940–1945
Norway
Name: Statsraad Lehmkuhl
Namesake: Kristofer Lehmkuhl
In service: 1945–present
Identification:
Notes: Training ship
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1516 tons
Length: Sparred Length: 98,00 m; (Length of hull): 84,60 m; (Length of waterline): 73,00 m
Beam: 12,60 m
Height: Max. Height: 48,00 m
Draft: 5.20 m
Propulsion: 22 Sails
Sail plan: Sail area: 2026 m2
Speed: 11 knots (engine) / 17 knots (sails)
Complement:
  • 17 (permanent crew)
  • 150

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 "HNoMS").

Line art of Statsraad Lehmkuhl

It was built in 1914 by Joh. C. Tecklenborg ship yard in Geestemünde 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 Norwegian cabinet minister Kristofer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means "Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl"). Except during the Second World War, when she was captured and under the name of Westwärts used by German forces, the ship belonged to Bergens Skoleskib from 1921 until donated to the Foundation in 1978.[1]

In 2000, she was chartered by the German Navy while their Gorch Fock was overhauled.

In 2019 the ship was upgraded from diesel to hybrid power by Kongsberg (Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine), whereby a 370 kWh battery bank is charged while the ship is being powered by the wind, and can be used to drive the ship's propellers when the sails no longer provide sufficient power, reducing the need to rely on the ship's diesel engine. The batteries are also used to provide energy for the ship's instruments, lights and galley.[2][3][4]

In 2021, the ship featured in an NRK slow TV feature from 6 July to 15 August, sailing from Nordkapp to Arendal calling at ports along the Norwegian coastline.[5] In August 2021 Statsraad Lehmkuhl started the "One Ocean Expedition", circumnavigating the world equipped as a scientific research vessel, collecting meteorological and hydrographical data along with samples of fish, microplastics, zooplankton, eDNA, and carbon dioxide in the water. The ship was hired by marine research institutions on some of the legs.

In spring of 2022 the Ocean Frontier Institute sponsored undergraduate students from Dalhousie University in Halifax and Memorial University of Newfoundland on a 16-week expedition aboard the ship.[6] The students participated as crew members following an ocean sustainability course offered through Norway's University of Bergen.

The ship has participated numerous times in the Tall Ship Races persistently finishing high in standing in her class.

Sister ships

The three sister ships of Statsraad Lehmkuhl also survive:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History" (in en-GB). https://lehmkuhl.no/en/about-us/history/. 
  2. ↑ 2018-02-22T14:05:00. "Rolls-Royce converts tall training ship to hybrid" (in en). https://www.motorship.com/rolls-royce-converts-tall-training-ship-to-hybrid/989335.article. 
  3. ↑ "Statsraad Lehmkuhl" (in en). https://www.kongsberg.com/maritime/the-full-picture-magazine/2020/12/statsraad-lehmkuhl/. 
  4. ↑ "Kongsberg Maritime transforms historic tall ship into ultra-modern green vessel" (in en). https://www.theexplorer.no/solutions/kongsberg-maritime-transforms-historic-tall-ship-into-ultra-modern-green-vessel/. 
  5. ↑ "Seks uker med sakte-tv fra Statsraaden: Her skal "Sommerskuta" seile". 15 February 2021. https://www.nrk.no/vestland/seks-uker-med-sakte-tv-fra-statsraaden_-her-skal-_sommerskuta_-seile-1.15367357. 
  6. ↑ "Epic ocean journey offers students a unique window into the climate crisis". https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/23/epic-ocean-journey-offers-students-a-unique-window-into-the-clim.html. 

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