Barque · Germany
Alexander von Humboldt II
A barque of 2011, successor to the legendary "Alex". A sail training ship of European reach.
Technical data
- Rig
- Barque
- Flag
- Germany
- Home port
- Bremerhaven
- Built
- 2011
- Shipyard
- BVT Brenn- und Verformtechnik Bremen, GER
- Hull material
- Steel
- Length
- 65 m
- Beam
- 10 m
- Sail area
- 1,360 m²
- Guests
- 60
- Cabins
- 25
- Sailing area
- North Sea and Atlantic
A new barque built to a modified design of the barque Kri Dewarutji, completed in Germany in 1953. Her keel was laid in 2010 at BVT Brenn- und Verformtechnik in Bremen, she was launched on 25 May 2011 and christened and commissioned as a sail training ship at Bremerhaven on 24 September that year.
Her maiden voyages between October 2011 and April 2012 called at IJmuiden, Saint-Malo, Vigo, Funchal on Madeira, the Canaries, La Coruña and Cork in Ireland.