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The "Horst Wessel" was built in Germany in 1936 and was taken as a war
prize by the USA. It came to the Coast Guard Academy as the Coast
Guard Cutter (Barque) Eagle, WIX-327, in 1946.

During WWII, the full riggged ship Danmark sought political asylum
from Nazi Germany in the USA and volunteered to be the USCG Training
Ship. The experience was so successful, that the USCG sought its own
tall ship at the end of the war.

Two other barques were taken in 1946. The "Gorch Fock" and "Albert
Leo Schlageter" were given to the USSR and Brazil. The "ALS" migrated
to Portugal as "Sagres" and the Gorch Fock became "Tovaritch II".

The current "Gorch Folk II" is a (1960s) close replica of the
original.

These are descriptions from the Cutty Sark Webpage:

Recognisable with red crosses on her sails, the Portuguese three
masted barque SAGRES II was launched in 1937 for the Reichsmarine as
Albert Leo Schlageter, sister-ship of Tovaritch II and Eagle: on
89,50 m long overall, 243 crew including 80 trainees work on her 1935
sq. m of sail.

TOVARITCH II is a three masted barque of 82,10 m overall, built in
1933 in Hamburg under Gorch Fock name, fitted for 246 crew ; Odessa is
now her port of registry.

DANMARK , a three masted barque is launched in 1932 ; refugee in
United States in 1939, she allows to train about 5000 cadets before
coming back to Copenhagen. She welcomes today 80 cadets on board.

Eagle web pag is:

http://www.cga.edu/display.aspx?id=2558


Very interesting, thanks.
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Bouler (The Netherlands)