 "Alexander von Humboldt" is also a German ship named after the scientist, originally built in 1906 by the German shipyard AG Weser at Bremen as Reserve Sonderburg.She was operated throughout the North and Baltic Seas until being retired in 1986.Subsequently, she was converted into a three-masted barque by the German shipyard Motorwerke Bremerhaven, and was re-launched in 1988 as "Alexander von Humboldt".