(31-12-2021, 10:13 PM)dawg Wrote: Probably something that @thomil will know all about...
What is the storey with this yoke
and ( if it is not a rude question ) what exactly does Gorch Foch mean
Well, it's not a rude message for starters
Gorch Fock is the sail training vessel of the Federal German Navy. She's attached to the Naval Academy in Mürwik, near the city of Flensburg in Northern Germany and all prospective naval officers have to serve a full tour on her as part of their training, regardless of which part of the navy they end up serving in. Her name is actually the pen name of Johann Kienau, a Northern German author of the early 20th century who went down with the cruiser SMS Wiesbaden at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
May I ask where and when you spotted her? The last I'd heard she was in dry dock for a massive repair and refit, whilst at the same time, there was a lot of political pressure to have her scrapped due to the extensive cost of said refit.
EDIT: I actually just noticed that she's flying the Spanish flag on her starboard side as a courtesy flag. Was that picture taken in Spain by any chance?
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