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A four-masted steel barque built in 1897 by Laporte & Co., Rouen. Dimensions: 92,52×12,71×7,21 meters [303'7"×41'9"×23'8"] and tonnage: 2957 GRT and 2070 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.

1897 November: Launched at the shipyard of Laporte & Co., Rouen, for A. D'Orbigny & Faustin & Co., La Rochelle. Used in the Oregon grain-trade. Captain Fiaciera.
1898: Sailed Le Havre - Cardiff - San Francisco - Astoria - Liverpool.
1899: Sailed Le Havre - Swansea - San Francisco - Grimsby.
1900: Sailed Grimsby - Portland, OR - Liverpool. Lost all sails off Cape Horn and almost capsized.
1901: Sailed Liverpool - Tasmania - Portland, OR - Swansea.
1902: Sailed Swansea - Brest - Capetown - Albany, AU - Iquique - Hamburg.
1903: Sailed Hamburg - Cherbourg - Hobart-Town - Portland, OR - Falmouth - Hamburg.
1904: Sailed Hamburg - Hobart-Town - Portland, OR - Falmouth - Ipswich - Le Havre.
1905: Sailed Le Havre - Hobart-Town - Portland, OR - Falmouth - Birkenhead.
1906: Sailed Birkenhead - Hobart-Town, Portland, OR - Falmouth - Hamburg.
1907/1908: Sailed Hamburg - Cherburg - Iquique - Dunkerque.
1908 September 13: Sold to Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque. Captain Rozé.
1917 June 25: Left Sydney for Pauillac on the Gironde with a cargo of wheat.
1917 September 24: Sunk on voyage from Sydney to Pauillac at 45°15', 10°50'W in the entrance to the Gascogne bay by the German submarine UC-63.

Updated 1998-06-10 by Lars Bruzelius.

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