FGS Gorch Fock (A60)
Officially Gorch Fock is a Type 441 class naval ship with the
NATO pennant number A60. Her
international radio call sign is DRAX.
The Gorch Fock
is a tall ship of the German Navy..
She is the second ship of that name and a sister ship of the Gorch Fock built in 1933. Both ships
are named in honour of the German writer Johann Kinau who wrote under the
pseudonym "Gorch Fock" and died in the battle of Jutland/Skagerrak in
1916. The modern-day Gorch Fock
was built in 1958 and has since then undertaken 146 cruises (as of October
2006), including one tour around the world in 1988. She is sometimes referred
to (unofficially) as the Gorch Fock II to distinguish her from her older sister ship.
Here she is alongside in Leith on the 1st May 2015.
