Pommern, formerly Mneme (1903–1908), is an iron-hulled sailing ship. It is a four-masted barque that was built in 1903 at the J. Reid & Co shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland.
Pommern at Mariehamn, Finland, in 2019
Pommern, anchored in the western of Mariehamn's two harbours, Västerhamn
Iron-hulled sailing ships represented the final evolution of sailing ships at the end of the age of sail. They were built to carry bulk cargo for long distances in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were the largest of merchant sailing ships, with three to five masts and square sails, as well as other sail plans. They carried lumber, guano, grain or ore between continents. Later examples had steel hulls. They are sometimes referred to as "windjammers" or "tall ships". Several survive, variously operating as school ships, museum ships, restaurant ships, and cruise ships.
Four-masted, iron-hulled barque Herzogin Cecilie
Diagram of rigging and sails on a full-rigged ship, ca. 1905
Crew of the ship Garthsnaid at sea, ca. 1920, securing a section of the foresail.
The largest sailing ship to survive, the four-masted barque Moshulu at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States