Harbour Tour & 75th Anniversary Visit of USCG Barque Eagle to Hamburg
3rd to 6th June 2011 in Hamburg. This ship was berthed next to the ''Ricker Rickmers'' in Hamburg harbour, almost opposite where she was built 75 years ago. On her way to Hamburg, two crew members were injured during heavy seas. Entry was free and there was plenty of professionally prepared printed information material available in German and English, plus information boards placed on the decks. A friendly and helpful crew were welcoming people on board. Links via www.englishpages.de.
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of its 1936 construction at Blohm and Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, the Eagle will sail from its New London home port on May 7, 2011, to visit the following international and domestic ports in conjunction with its training mission: Waterford, Ireland, May 27 to 30; Hamburg, Germany, June 3 to 6; London, England, June 10 to 13; Reykjavik, Iceland, June 24 to 27; Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 15 to 18; Boston, Mass., July 22 to 25; New Bedford, Mass., July 29 to Aug. 1; and New York, N.Y., Aug. 5 to 8.
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