A windjammer is a commercial sailing ship with multiple masts, however rigged. The informal term "windjammer" arose during the transition from the Age of Sail to the Age of Steam during the 19th centu
Four-masted, iron-hulled barque Herzogin Cecilie—one of the fastest windjammers built
A New England windjammer—the Luther Little, a four-masted schooner—just after its construction in 1917
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
Windjammer
…Four-masted, iron-hulled barque Herzogin Cecilie—one of the fastest windjammers built A windjammer is a commercial sailing ship with multiple masts, however rigged. The informal term "windjammer" arose…
Herzogin Cecilie, photographed at Queensland, Australia
The restored captain's saloon, in the Åland Maritime Museum
Wreck of the Herzogin Cecilie