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I was there in day time and it's next to the St.Pauli pear. It was nice to see
Really interesting! I liked that there are many interactive things which you can try. Also there is possibility of treasure hunt and escape room which is really fun. The museum itself was very nice and entertaining. Would definitely recommend!
Nice museum/restaurant ship. You learn about how it was build, what it carried and how it became the museum ship it is today. Worth a visit.
Great example of a tall ship with lots of personality and history. There’s a small gift shop where you purchase a ticket for admission. Lots of nooks and crannies to explore. Very well done presentations. Restaurant for snacks and maybe a meal. Depending on your level of interest count on one to three hours here.
Rickmer Clasen Rickmers, (1807–1886) was a Bremerhaven shipbuilder and Willi Rickmer Rickmers, (1873–1965) led a Soviet-German expedition to the Pamirs in 1928.
Rickmer Rickmers was built in 1896 by the Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhaven, and was first used on the Hong Kong route carrying rice and bamboo. In 1912 she was bought by Carl Christian Krabbenhöft, renamed Max, and transferred to the Hamburg-Chile route.
In World War I Max was captured by the Government of Portugal, in Horta (Azores) harbour and loaned to the United Kingdom as a war aid. For the remainder of the war the ship sailed under the Union Jack, as Flores. After World War I she was returned to the Portuguese Government, becoming a Portuguese Navy training ship and was once more renamed, as NRP Sagres (the second of that name). In 1958, she won the Tall Ships' Race.
In the early 1960s Sagres (II) was retired from school ship service when the Portuguese Navy purchased, from Brazil, the school ship Guanabara (originally launched in Germany in 1937 as Albert Leo Schlageter). In 1962, the former Guanabara was commissioned as school ship with the name Sagres (III). At the same time Sagres (II) was renamed Santo André and reclassified as depot ship. The NRP Santo André remained moored at the Lisbon Naval Base, being decommissioned in 1975.
She was purchased in 1983 by an organisation named Windjammer für Hamburg e.V., renamed for the last time, back to Rickmer Rickmers, and turned into a floating museum ship.
Source: wikipedia
Rickmer Rickmers was built in 1896 by the Rickmers shipyard in Bremerhaven, and was first used on the Hong Kong route carrying rice and bamboo. In 1912 she was bought by Carl Christian Krabbenhöft, renamed Max, and transferred to the Hamburg-Chile route.
In World War I Max was captured by the Government of Portugal, in Horta (Azores) harbour and loaned to the United Kingdom as a war aid. For the remainder of the war the ship sailed under the Union Jack, as Flores. After World War I she was returned to the Portuguese Government, becoming a Portuguese Navy training ship and was once more renamed, as NRP Sagres (the second of that name). In 1958, she won the Tall Ships' Race.
In the early 1960s Sagres (II) was retired from school ship service when the Portuguese Navy purchased, from Brazil, the school ship Guanabara (originally launched in Germany in 1937 as Albert Leo Schlageter). In 1962, the former Guanabara was commissioned as school ship with the name Sagres (III). At the same time Sagres (II) was renamed Santo André and reclassified as depot ship. The NRP Santo André remained moored at the Lisbon Naval Base, being decommissioned in 1975.
She was purchased in 1983 by an organisation named Windjammer für Hamburg e.V., renamed for the last time, back to Rickmer Rickmers, and turned into a floating museum ship.
Source: wikipedia
If you have an hour to kill, this is a great exhibition that takes you on a metaphorical journey onboard this historic boat.
You can walk around the boat and access its various compartments and rooms, getting a glimpse of how life on the ship had been from the late 1890s till the 1950s.
It’s a nicely done exhibition - recommended.
You can walk around the boat and access its various compartments and rooms, getting a glimpse of how life on the ship had been from the late 1890s till the 1950s.
It’s a nicely done exhibition - recommended.
Rickmer Rickmers is a must go specially for families! On the harbor of Hamburg you can enjoy the beautiful view and at the same time learn a lot about shipping history in this museum! The space is well organized and there is also very friendly stuff.
Really great experience. With the Hamburg Card it costs only 4,20€ (normal price 5€) and you can see an accurate story about the ship and how it turned to be a museum. Absolutely worth taking a look and do the tour by yourself while reading and watching about the story. Beautiful! - and the view from above is stunning.