Russia sailing ship Krusenstern returns home after six months at sea

Record ID: 1555685

  • Title: Russia sailing ship Krusenstern returns home after six months at sea
  • Date: 3rd June 2020
  • Summary: SHIP (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) KRUZENSHTERN SAIL SHIP CAPTAIN, MIKHAIL YEREMCHENKO, SAYING: "All the crew remained on board without leaves in ports. When we received food and supplies we disinfected them. We can say that for us it was a positive experience and a good result. No crew members or sailor students fell ill. Everyone is healthy, I would even say sterile clean, as we
  • Embargoed: 17th June 2020 15:38
  • Keywords: Russia coronavirus covid19 navy quarantine sail ship sailing
  • Location: KALININGRAD, RUSSIA
  • City: KALININGRAD, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Society/Social Issues
  • Reuters ID: LVA003CGTGEVT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Russian Tall Ship Kruzenshtern returned on Wednesday (June 3) to the Baltic port of Kaliningrad after almost half a year at sea.
    According to the Russian media, Kruzenshtern visited four countries in this time. Due to the coronavirus pandemic which spread globally while the ship was sailing, there was no chance to visit the ports for the crew and students of navy universities.
    The Tall Ship "Krusenstern," formerly the "Padua" is one of the oldest and tallest four-masted sailing ships in the world and was welcomed with aplomb in her former home port.
    Built in 1926 in Germany the ship sailed 15 long journeys between Australia and Chile, the fastest of which was between 1938-1939 during a record-breaking return trip from Hamburg via Chile to Australia.
    It took 8 months and 23 days.
    In 1946 the ship was transferred to the Soviet Navy as part of the war reparations and was renamed 'Krusenstern'.
    The new name was chosen in the honour of Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846), born in Hagudi, Estonia, who in 1803-1806, led the first Russian circumnavigation with the ships Nadezda and Neva.
    Russia reported 8,536 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday. This brings its nationwide tally to 432,277 - the third highest in the world.
    (Production: Anton Derbenev, Zhanna Meiler, Vitaly Nevar)
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