| Date of launch | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Kiel |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 3476 |
| NRT | 3017 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 100.2 m (328.8 ft) |
| Beam | 14.6 m (48.0 ft) |
| Draft | 8.2 m (27.0 ft) |
Later names: Kommodore Johnsen (1936), Sedov (1948)
- 1921
Built of steel by Krupp Germania Werft, Kiel for F.A. Vinnen & Co., Bremen. She was given the name Magdalene Vinnen and was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails. She was equipped with an auxiliary engine. - 1936
Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen and renamed the Kommodore Johnsen. She was used as a cargo-carrying schoolship on the Australian wheat trade. - 1945
Handed over to the Soviet Union as war compensation, and was subsequently renamed Sedov and used as a schoolship. - 1976
Laid up in Kronstadt. - 1981
Back in active service.The Sedov is today the largest sailing vessel in the world and operates from Murmansk.
Pictures:
 | The Magdalene Vinnen |  | The Sedov |
 | The Sedov in Amsterdam 28 August 2000 |  | The Sedov painted black |
References:
- http://www.sedov.com/ (External link.)
- Alex A. Hurst: Hur all världens råtacklade fyr- och femmastade skepp slutade sin levnad, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 23 pp. 76 - 93, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1987
- Alex A. Hurst: En lista på all världens 4- och 5-mastade råtacklade skepp, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 22 pp. 7 - 31, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1986
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