Diva, Museum ship in Mitte, Bremen, Germany

The Diva is a sailing yacht built in 1985, exhibited by the German Maritime Museum at Hans-Scharoun-Platz 1/3 in Bremerhaven-Mitte. Its hull and structure are made of carbon-fibre and glass-fibre reinforced plastic, making it light yet seaworthy. It is a keelboat with no engine room, home port Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven.

The Diva was built in 1985 for owners Friederich Dieckell and Peter Westphal-Langloh, using carbon- and glass-fibre-reinforced plastic to make a light but seaworthy keelboat. Based at the Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven, it won the Admiral's Cup that same year with skipper Berend Beilken, alongside Outsider and Rubin G VIII. In 1992 it was donated to the German Maritime Museum, and in 2005 the museum and its fleet were placed under Bremen heritage protection.

The Diva is a lightweight keelboat built in 1985 from carbon-fibre and glass-fibre reinforced plastic for owners Friederich Dieckell and Peter Westphal-Langloh. It is home to the Weser Yacht Club Bremerhaven, and in 1985, with skipper Berend Beilken, it won the Admiral's Cup alongside the Outsider and the Rubin G VIII.

The Diva is an exhibit of the German Maritime Museum at Hans-Scharoun-Platz 1/3 in Bremerhaven-Mitte, where the museum fleet has been under Bremen heritage protection since 2005. Look for the yacht among the museum's floating exhibits rather than expecting a walk-through below deck; the 1985 keelboat is a racing yacht built for speed, not a crewed vessel with cabins to tour.

The ship retains many original mechanical systems that visitors can actually see in operation. These functioning machines and devices provide direct insight into how the vessel was operated during its working years.