Named after the Hitler Youth martyr Herbert Norkus, another ship of the Gorch Fock design — with the same dimensions as the Horst Wessel — was begun at the Blohm & Voss shipyard. However,the unfinished ship had to be launched prematurely on November 7, 1939 because the slipway had to be cleared to build submarines. The hull stayed in the harbor of Hamburg throughout World War II. It was damaged in a bomb raid in 1945, and instead of being sold to Brazil as had been considered ended up being filled with gas grenades and sunk in the Skagerrak in 1947.
The yards, which had been prepared, but not yet mounted, and the tackle, which had not yet been rigged, were later used for the Gorch Fock built in 1958.
First photo: "Horst Wessel"
Second photo: "Gorch Foch"
Source: Wikipedia
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The yards, which had been prepared, but not yet mounted, and the tackle, which had not yet been rigged, were later used for the Gorch Fock built in 1958.
First photo: "Horst Wessel"
Second photo: "Gorch Foch"
Source: Wikipedia
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