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Rickmer Rickmers


Rickmer Rickmers
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Copyright: Hermann Schoettler (fixfocus) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 119 W: 21 N: 49] (438)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1995-08
Categories: Transportation
Camera: Nikon F2, Zoom Nikkor 4,5 80-200
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-01-01 9:09
Viewed: 810
Points: 8
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Rickmer Rickmers is a sailing ship moored in Hamburg harbour.
The ship was built in 1896 by the Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhafen, and was first used on the Hong Kong route carrying rice and bamboo. In 1912 she was bought by Carl Christian Krabbenhöft, renamed Max, and transferred to the Hamburg - Chile route.
In World War I the Max was captured by the British Army in a Portuguese harbour. For the remainder of the war the ship sailed under the Union Jack, as the Flores. After world war I she became a Portuguese ship and was once more renamed, as Sagres. She won a race in 1958.
In the early 1960s the Sagres was renamed yet again as the Santo Andre, and laid up in a shipyard. She was purchased in 1983 by an organisation named "Windjammer for Hamburg e.V.", renamed for the last time to SS Rickmer Rickmers, and turned into a floating museum
(from Wikipedia)

The ship in the background is the “Cap San Diego”
the " white swan of the Südatlantiks " is the last preserved classical piece good freighter. It was launched in 1961 with the Deutschen Werft AG in Hamburg.
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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4233 W: 414 N: 6676] (42159)
  • [2006-01-01 9:59]

Hi Hermann

I like the symmetry & juxtapositioning of the green & white ships. Good pov & excellent color & sharpness. Tfs.

Hello hermann
strong mood, clear colours, very nice compo, i like the colored and white side!
beautifull
A-Fr

I love the comp, love anything nautical, thanx, M, (*_*)


sorry, out of goodies...

Happy New Year, Hermann.
Nicely captured and thanks for the interresting description.
Jan

Nice double view; the first for the huge measurements, the second for the overall view. Nice rythmic placed in a lookthrough.
Good work Hermann
Huub

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