Gorch Fock German Sail Training Ship Model Ship Kit – Mantua (MA754)

The Gorch Fock German Sail Training Ship Model Ship Kit is manufactured by Mantua Model Ships & Mantua Model Boats. Mantua have built its reputation on large, elaborately detailed ship model kits. Their ship model kits use photo-etched brass, cast metal fittings, cast metal and machined turned brass fittings. The detail in their range of large ship models is exceptional.

GORCH FOCK – Instructions

History of the Gorch Fock German Sail Training Ship

The GORCH FOCK – German Sail Training Ship was built in Hamburg in 1933 as a training ship for the German Navy, the steel-hulled Gorch Fock was 242 feet long, with a 39.35 foot beam. Her three wood-and-steel masts were configured for barque rig, and she was outfitted with an auxiliary diesel engine. At the end of World War II, she was awarded as reparations to Russia. Based at Odessa on the Black Sea, she continues her career of training naval cadets.