The sailing ship “Towarischtsch” (“Comrade”) is moored in the port of Bergen during the Cutty Sark Tall Ships’ Race 1993, flying the Ukrainian flag at the time, and was open to visitors. The ship was built in Germany in 1932 as the sail training ship “Gorch Fock” and passed into Russian hands after the war. The ship has since been bought back and was overhauled in Stralsund.

During the stopover of the Cutty Sark Tall Ships’ Race, the entire port of Bergen was filled with several tall ships and many small sailing boats.