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Moshulu/Kurt
Moshulu ist eine Viermast-Stahlbark, die 1904 von William Hamilton and Company in Port Glasgow in Schottland als Kurt gebaut wurde. Sie ist der größte noch erhaltene Original-Windjammer und liegt derzeit als schwimmendes Restaurant in Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, neben den Museumsschiffen USS Olympia und USS Becuna.
| History | |
|---|---|
 German Empire |
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| Name | Kurt |
| Namesake | Dr. Kurt Siemers |
| Owner | G. H. J. Siemers & Co., Hamburg |
| Route | Europe to Chile and Newcastle, Australia |
| Builder | William Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow |
| Cost | £36,000 |
| Laid down | 1903 |
| Launched | 18 April 1904 |
| Christened | 18 April 1904 |
| Completed | June 1904 |
| Maiden voyage | June 1904 via Santa Rosalía to Valparaíso |
| Homeport | Hamburg, |
| Fate | Seized by the US as enemy asset |
 United States |
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| Name | Moshulu |
| Route | (US) Manila, Australia, South Africa |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| Out of service | 1928 |
| Homeport | San Francisco |
| Fate | Sold to Finland, 1935 |
 Finland |
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| Name | Moshulu |
| Route | Australia to Europe grain trade |
| Acquired | 1935 |
| Decommissioned | 1970 |
| Out of service | 1940 |
| Reinstated | 1935 as a cargo ship, 1948 as a grain store |
| Homeport | Mariehamn, Naantali |
| Fate | Capsized and demasted 1947, sold to the United States, 1970 |
| United States |
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| Name | Moshulu |
| Acquired | 1970 |
| Reinstated | 1975 as a restaurant |
| Homeport | Philadelphia |
| Status | Museum ship/restaurant ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
|
| Displacement | 7,000 ts (1,700 ts ship + 5,300 ts cargo) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 46.9 ft (14.3 m) |
| Height | |
| Draft | 24.3 ft (7.4 m) at 5,300 tons |
| Depth | 28 ft (8.5 m) (depth moulded) |
| Depth of hold | 26.6 ft (8.1 m) |
| Decks | 2 continuous steel decks, poop, midshipbridge and forecastle decks |
| Installed power | no auxiliary propulsion; donkey engine for sail winches, steam rudder |
| Propulsion | wind |
| Sail plan | 4.180 m²; 34 sails: 18 square sails, 3 spankers, 13 staysails |
| Speed | highest recorded: 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
four lifeboats |
| Complement | max. 35 |
| Crew | 33 (captain, 1st & 2nd mate, 1 steward, 29 able seamen) |
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