| Date of launch | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Hamburg |
| Type | 3-masted steel barque |
| GRT | - |
| NRT | - |
| DWT | 1816 |
| Length | 88.5 m (290.4 ft) |
| Beam | 11.7 m (38.4 ft) |
| Draft | 5.1 m (16.7 ft) |
Later names: Eagle (1945)
- 1936
Built of steel by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, to be used as a schoolship for the German Navy. She was rigged as a three-masted barque carrying royals over single topgallant sails and double topsails. She was the second of four sister ships, the other ones being Gorch Fock, Albert Leo Schlageter and Mircea. A fifth sister was built in 1958, a new Gorch Fock. - 1945
Handed over to the USA as war compensation. She was renamed the Eagle and used as a schoolship for the US Coast Guard Academy, a purpose she still fills today.
Pictures:
 | The Horst Wessel before the war. |  | The Eagle |
 | The Eagle |  | The Eagle |
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