The Dar Pomorza, a three-masted sailing ship, was built in 1909 at the Blohm-Voss shipyard in Hamburg as a training ship for the German merchant navy. Launched on September 18, 1909, it was named "Prinzess Eitel Friedrich". In 1929, the ship was purchased through public donations by the Pomeranian Committee of the National Fleet and renamed "Dar Pomorza", commemorating the generosity of the Pomeranian community. On June 19, 1930, the "Dar Pomorza" first anchored in the roads of Gdynia and in the same year was handed over to the Maritime School in Gdynia. Over 51 years of service for the Polish Merchant Navy, it completed 102 training voyages, covering half a million nautical miles. On board, 13,384 students of the Maritime School were trained. Its final voyage took place in September 1981 under the command of Captain Tadeusz Olechnowicz, to the Finnish port of Kotka. On August 4, 1982, the "Dar Pomorza" was formally decommissioned, and at the same time, the flag was raised on its successor, the "Dar Młodzieży", designed and built in Gdańsk. On November 16, 1982, the "Dar Pomorza" was transferred to the Central Maritime Museum in Gdańsk, where since 1983 it has served as a museum.