Herzogin Cecilie
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Herzogin Cecilie was a German-built four-mast barque, named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, spouse of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. She sailed under German, Fre
Herzogin Cecilie
Herzogin Cecilie, photographed at Queensland, Australia
The restored captain's saloon, in the Åland Maritime Museum
Wreck of the Herzogin Cecilie
Grain race
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Grain Race or The Great Grain Race was the informal name for the annual windjammer sailing season generally from South Australia's grain ports on Spencer Gulf to Lizard Point, Cornwall on the southwes
Herzogin Cecilie
…competitive against the steamers only on the longer trade routes: the Chilean nitrate trade, carrying saltpeter from Chile to Europe, and the Australian wheat trade, carrying grain from Australia to Europe. Both routes required rounding Cape Horn routinely, and were not well suited for steamers, as coal was in short…
Archibald Russell and Ponape, two windjammers that sailed on the grain trade.
In Queensland.
Pamir at the entrance to the English Channel.