Pommern has 4 masts a an awful lot of rigging. She was built in 1903 in Glasgow for a German shipping company

  and it needed 2 big anchors with very heavy chain

This is the anchor they used to row ahead in no wind conditions so they could warp themselves forward. Hope their dinghies were more robust than ours

The captains saloon and the room occupied by the guys that did the work. The pictures on the wall of the captains room are Gustav Eriksson and his wife. He bought the ship in 1923 after the disbanding of the German merchant fleet.

I think the captain of Moorglade wishes he could live in such luxury

  But I’m glad I don’t have to cook on a range like this

  But they got fresh meat to cook sometimes

  This was a new invention of the time – technological innovation for the late 19th century – a brace winch, which was geared so it could adjust all the six yards of a mast at the same time.

In strong winds it took many seamen to be on the wheel to steer the required course

One of the cargo decks. Apparently events are held here and because it is below water level it is very cold, particularly on the lower deck. We could feel the temperature drop and I wouldn’t want to be there in party clothes

A lead line and log used on the ship

Even the Hull Daily Mail made it to the Aland Islands. Hull was a port of discharge for the grain cargoes from Australia. Her last voyage back to Marihamn was from Hull.

 While we were on board a large cruise ship came into port and tied up in front of the Pommern almost overshadowing it.