Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Sailing ship 'Herzogin Cecilie'


Herzogin Cecilie was a German-built four-mast barque (windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886–1954), spouse of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1882–1951) Herzogin is German for Duchess. 

She sailed under German, French and Finnish flags. 

Painting by the Frisian (Netherlands) marine artist Peter J. Sterkenburg (1955-2000) more: > https://petersterkenburg.nl/De_Stichting

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