The Statsraad Lehmkuhl made a scheduled visit to the Newport Safe Harbors Shipyard on January 5, 2022 and is slated to haul out on January 9, weather permitting. I collected a few memories with the iPhone taking note of the strong competing backlight of the sun.

According to Wikipedia, “Statsraad Lehmkuhl is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in 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 merchant marine under the name Grossherzog Friedrich August. After the First World War the ship was taken as a prize by the United Kingdom and in 1921 the ship was bought by former Norwegian cabinet minister Kristofer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means "Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl"). Except during the 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.
In 2000, she was chartered by the German Navy while their Gorch Fock was overhauled.
In 2019 the ship was upgraded from diesel to hybrid power by Kongsberg (Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine), whereby a 370 kWh battery bank is charged while the ship is being powered by the wind, and can be used to drive the ship's propellers when the sails no longer provide sufficient power, reducing the need to rely on the ship's diesel engine. The batteries are also used to provide energy for the ship's instruments, lights and galley.
In 2021, the ship featured in an NRK slow TV feature from 6 July to 15 August, sailing from Nordkapp to Arendal calling at ports along the Norwegian coastline”.