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Pommern

Marienhamn (S) Aaland

The Pommern, formerly the Mneme (1903–1908), windjammer,4-masted barque,
built 1903, Glasgow.

The Pommern (German for Pomerania) one of the Flying P-Liners, the famous
sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. Later acquired by
Gustaf Erikson of Mariehamn in the Finnish Åland archipelago, and used to
carry grain from Australia to England and Ireland until WW2.
After WWII, donated to Mariehamn as a museum ship.

The Pommern has the reputation of being a "lucky ship". The ship survived both
world wars, lost only four crew members at sea on her journeys, and won
the Great Grain Races twice, 1930 and 1937.


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