What ship (Kriegsmarine) did he serve on?

[torstenbel]

Evidently a Schulschiff of some sort, but which one of the KM training ships was on? can anyone tell from what can be seen of the tally band? Cheers, Torsten.

[torstenbel]

reverse of the photo

[VtwinVince]

Almost looks like the 'Padua', one of the famous 'Flying P' ships which did the Cape Horn run in the 1920's. It was docked here in Vancouver last year for the Olympics, renamed the 'Krusenstern' by the Russians, who stole it in 1945. It is now based in Kaliningrad, once Koenigsberg, capital of East Prussia.

[glaser]

Schulschiff Padua
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krusenstern_(Schiff)

Text at the back reads:
In alter Freundschaft
Dein Hans

[torstenbel]

quite an impressive looking ship

[Gerdan]

The name written also on the back is "Hansi Lochmüller"


Gerdan

[torstenbel]

thanks guys and I confirm that your reading of the german text conforms to my reading of the german text .... Gruss, Torsten.