ILaunched in 1899 in Wolin as \u201cSeequatze\u201d, two years later she was registered in Szczecin as \u201cHildegard\u201d. She served as a vessel for transporting live fish on the Baltic Sea, without an auxiliary engine. She was a typical representative of the so-called \u201cQuatzen\u201d \u2013 vessels with a hull design that allowed a constant flow of water, keeping the fish fresh during the voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After World War II, she sailed as \u201cWOG 100\u201d, but the development of refrigeration meant that such ships lost their significance. Eventually, she was decommissioned and fell into disrepair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 1970s, the vessel was rebuilt and relaunched in 1977 under the name \u201cErnestine\u201d, transformed into a sailing ship. Since 2006, she has been sailing the Baltic Sea again with guests on board, echoing her original form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2011, she won the Hanse Sail regatta as the fastest single-masted vessel. Today, her home port is Lauterbach on R\u00fcgen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ILaunched in 1899 in Wolin as \u201cSeequatze\u201d, two years later she was registered in Szczecin as \u201cHildegard\u201d. She served as a vessel for transporting live fish on the Baltic Sea, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n