Statsraad Lehmkuhl

Statsraad Lehmkuhl is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the Royal Norwegian Navy (using RNoN's prefix "HNoMS").

Line art of Statsraad Lehmkuhl

History
German Empire
Name	Grossherzog Friedrich August
Namesake	Grand Duke Friedrich August of Oldenburg
Builder	Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Bremerhaven
Launched	1914
In service	1914–1918
Fate	Given to Britain as war reparation
British Empire
Acquired	1920
Fate	Purchased by Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
Norway
Name	Statsraad Lehmkuhl
Namesake	Kristofer Lehmkuhl
Acquired	1921
In service	1923–1940
Fate	Captured by Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Name	Westwärts
In service	1940–1945
Norway
Name	Statsraad Lehmkuhl
Namesake	Kristofer Lehmkuhl
In service	1945
Identification	IMO number: 5339248 Call sign: LDRG MMSI number: 258113000
Status	Active
Notes	Training ship
General characteristics
Tonnage	1516 tons
Length	Sparred Length: 98,00 m; (Length of hull): 84,60 m; (Length of waterline): 73,00 m
Beam	12,60 m
Height	Max. Height: 48,00 m
Draft	5.20 m
Propulsion	22 Sails
Sail plan	Sail area: 2026 m2
Speed	11 knots (engine) / 17 knots (sails)
Complement	17 (permanent crew) 150

It was built in 1914 by Joh. C. Tecklenborg ship yard in Geestemünde as a school training ship for the German merchant marine under the name Grossherzog Friedrich August. After the First World War the ship was taken as a prize by the United Kingdom and in 1921 the ship was bought by former cabinet minister Kristofer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means "Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl"). Except during the Second World War, when she was captured and under the name of Westwärts used by German forces, the ship belonged to Bergens Skoleskib from 1921 until donated to the Foundation in 1978.

In 2000, she was chartered by the German Navy while their Gorch Fock was overhauled.

In 2021, the ship featured in an NRK slow TV feature from 6 July to 15 August, sailing from Nordkapp to Arendal calling at ports along the Norwegian coastline.[1]