Gorch Fock

The ship Gorch Fock in Stralsund's harbour.

Germany 2017 - Prora, Stralsund, Rügen, Peenemünde

July 15th 2017
A giant hotel, a rocket research base and an elevator into the ocean When Ake has time off he sometimes travel without Emma. Emma is mostly OK with that as long as Ake visit places Emma has either been to already or she is not the slightest bit interested in visiting. This summer Ake went to Prora and Peenemünde two destinations which fit in the latter category. But Ake di ... read more

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10th September 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

It would look wonderful in sail!

11th September 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Did I write about the author Gorch Fock
The ship is named after the author Gorch Fock, or Johann Kinau as his name really was. His speciality was to write novels about ships and sailors. When German men were drafted during WW I the authorities thought Johann Kinau was an experienced sailor and he was drafted into the navy. It's just that he had barely set his foot on a ship... The ship he served on took heavy beating during the Battle of Skagerack and probably sank. Johann Kinau's body was later on found washed ashore on an island on the Swedish west coast. Johann Kinau was then buried on a small island in Fjällbacka Archipelago together with 20 or so other sailors both from Germany and UK. I have actually been to that island and I have seen his grave. /Ake

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