| Date of launch | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Geestemünde |
| Type | 3-masted steel ship |
| GRT | 1260 |
| NRT | - |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 69.0 m (226.4 ft) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39.0 ft) |
| Draft | - |
Later names: Duchesse Anne (1945)
- 1901
Built of steel by Joh C Tecklenborg, Geestemünde as a schoolship for the German merchant marine. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged ship carrying royals over single topgallant sails. Two ``near-sisters'' where built later for the same purpose: the Prinzess Eitel Friedrich and the Grossherzog Friedrich August, although the latter was rigged as a barque. - 1945
Handed over to the French government as war compensation. She was renamed Duchesse Anne but did not go to sea; she was used as barracks for the French marine and later as holiday accomodation in Lorient. - 1981
Having decayed badly she was bought by the city of Dunkerque for the symbolic price of one franc. She was subsequently restored and now serves as a museum ship in Dunkerque.
Pictures:
 | The Grossherzogin Elizabeth at Swinemünde 10 July 1905 |
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