{{More citations needed|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image= Segelschulschiff Greif Hanse Sail 2008 (dark1).jpg | image_caption= ''Greif'' at "Hanse Sail 2008" }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header=title |country=Germany |flag={{shipboxflag|West Germany|naval}} {{shipboxflag|Germany|civil}} | name=''Wilhelm Pieck'' | owner= Greifswald, Germany | ordered= | builder= | original_cost= | laid_down= | launched= | acquired=1951 | commissioned=2 August 1951 | decommissioned= | in_service= | out_of_service= | renamed= ''Greif'' | struck= | reinstated= | honours= | honors= | captured= | fate= | status=Training ship | identification= {{IMO number|8862571}} | notes= Call sign, DQFD }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header= | header_caption= | class= Brigantine; 100 A5 Sailing ship, German Lloyd | tonnage= 179,2 tons; 280 tons displacement | length= {{convert|41.10|m|abbr=on}} LOA | beam= {{convert|7.40|m|abbr=on}} | draft= max. 3,60 m | hold_depth= | propulsion= MTU Marine Diesel, 8 cylinders, 233 HP | sail_plan= 15 sails, 570 m² sail area, {{convert|14|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} max. speed under sail | complement= Max. 50 crew | armament= | notes= }} }} '''''Greif''''' is a brigantine, owned by the town Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
It was built in 1951 at Warnowwerft, Warnemünde/Rostock with a steel hull,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tallship-fan.de/cgi-bin/tallship_e.pl?ACTION=DISPLAY&SCHIFFSID=99|title=BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship}}</ref> launched May 26, 1951 and commissioned August 2, 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tallship-fan.de/cgi-bin/tallship_e.pl?ACTION=DISPLAY&SCHIFFSID=99|title=BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship}}</ref> It was the first steel vessel built after World War II at the port, and was christened ''Wilhelm Pieck'' after the first president of the German Democratic Republic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tallship-fan.de/cgi-bin/tallship_e.pl?ACTION=DISPLAY&SCHIFFSID=99|title=BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship}}</ref> In 1990 it participated in the first German sail event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tallship-fan.de/cgi-bin/tallship_e.pl?ACTION=DISPLAY&SCHIFFSID=99|title=BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship}}</ref> The ship was later given to the town of Greifswald and overhauled in Rostock, and re-christened ''Greif''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tallship-fan.de/cgi-bin/tallship_e.pl?ACTION=DISPLAY&SCHIFFSID=99|title=BRIGANTINE Greif: Data, photos, videos, history of the sailing ship}}</ref> The ship is used as a training ship for maritime youth education. It has participated in the Hanse Sail, including Hanse Sail Rostock 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rostock-heute.de/hanse-sail-rostock-2011-bounty-gorch-fock/18230|title=Hanse Sail Rostock 2011 – volle Segel voraus!}}</ref>
thumb|left|400px|''Grief'' out of the water {{clear}}
==See also== *''Hanne Marie'' (also based from Greifswald)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.sssgreif.de/ www.sssgreif.de - official training ship's website ] {{commons category|IMO 8862571}} * http://www.ship-model-today.de/wilhelm_pieck.htm
Category:Sailing ships Category:Training ships of Germany Category:1951 ships Category:Ships built in Rostock Category:Greifswald
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