Greif (brigantine) explained

Greif is a brigantine, owned by the town Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

It was built in 1951 at Warnowwerft, Warnemünde/Rostock with a steel hull,^[1] launched May 26, 1951 and commissioned August 2, 1951.^[2] It was the first steel vessel built after World War II at the port, and was christened Wilhelm Pieck after the first president of the German Democratic Republic.^[3] In 1990 it participated in the first German sail event.^[4] The ship was later given to the town of Greifswald and overhauled in Rostock, and re-christened Greif.^[5] The ship is used as a training ship for maritime youth education. It has participated in the Hanse Sail, including Hanse Sail Rostock 2011.^[6]

See also

• Hanne Marie (also based from Greifswald)

External links

• www.sssgreif.de

• http://www.ship-model-today.de/wilhelm_pieck.htm

Notes and References

1. Web site: BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship.
2. Web site: BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship.
3. Web site: BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship.
4. Web site: BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship.
5. Web site: BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship.
6. Web site: Hanse Sail Rostock 2011 – volle Segel voraus!.