''Kapitan Borchardt'' is a Polish sail training ship built in 1918, named after

Karol Olgierd Borchardt Karol Olgierd Borchardt ( 25 March 1905 – 20 May 1986 ) was a Polish writer and captain of the Polish Merchant Marine. Biography Born to Polish parents in Moscow, Karol Borchardt spent the vast majority of his life in Gdynia and died there i ...

. "Kapitan Borchardt" is the oldest sailing ship currently flying the Polish flag. Launched in the Netherlands in 1918 and named "Nora", the ship was initially used as an ocean-going cargo vessel before being converted to a training ship in Sweden in 1989. Kapitan Borchardt - then named "Najaden" - became a Polish vessel in 2011 when it was purchased from the vessel's former owner.

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Individual sailing vessels Tall ships of Poland Ships built in the Netherlands 1918 ships Schooners Sail training ships Training ships of Poland {{Ship-stub