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Statsraad Lehmkuhl
''Statsraad Lehmkuhl'' is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen (city), Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the Royal Norwegian Navy (using RNoN's prefix "HNoMS"). It was built in 1914 by Joh. C. Tecklenborg ship yard in Geestemünde as a school training ship for the German Empire, German merchant marine under the name ''Grossherzog Friedrich August''. After the World War I, First World War the ship was taken as a prize by the United Kingdom and in 1921 the ship was bought by former Council of State (Norway), Norwegian cabinet minister Kristofer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means "Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl"). Except during the World War II, Second World War, when she was captured and under the name of ''Westwärts'' used by German forces, the ship belonged to Bergens Skoleskib from 1921 until donated to the Foundation in 1978. ...
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Kristofer Lehmkuhl
Kristofer Diedrich Lehmkuhl (25 September 1855 – 23 October 1949) was a Norwegian politician from Bergen. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1903 and became the Minister of Labour in 1905 and from 1905 to 1907. He did not seek reelection in 1906. He gave name to the three-masted barque rigged sail vessel Statsraad Lehmkuhl. References

1855 births 1949 deaths Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting Members of the Storting 1904–1906 {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub ...
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