R.C. Rickmers

A five-masted aux. steel barque built in 1906 by AG Rickmers, Bremerhaven. Her dimensions were: 125,08×16,30×9,24 m [410'5"×53'6"×30'4"] and tonnage: 5548 GRT and 4696 NRT. Equipped with a 1160 hp auxiliary steam engine.

1906 February 8: Launched at the shipyard of AG Rickmers, Bremerhaven, for Rickmers Reismühlen, Reederei und Schiffbau AG, Bremerhaven. Assigned the German signal QJCG [QJGC?]. The first master was Captain August Walsen.
1906: Sailed from New York to Saigon in 83 days.
1911 April 13 - May 17: Sailed from San Francisco to Newcastle, NSW, in 34 days.
1911: Sailed from Taltal to Hamburg in 57 days.
1914: Sailed from Vladivostock to Hull in 98 days.
1914: Arrived at Cardiff where she was confiscated by the British Government. She was later renamed Neath.
1917 March 27: Sunk by the German submarine U 66 off the coast of Ireland some 28 miles StE off Fastnet.

Images:

The following three images come from the Detroit Publishing Co. Photograph Collection: at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA.

R.C. Rickmers, port broadside, for anchor, c1906.
R.C. Rickmers, deck view, looking forward, c1906.
R.C. Rickmers, deck view, looking aft, c1906.

Updated 1998-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius.

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