Susquehanna

A four-masted wooden ship built in 1891 by Arthur Sewall & Co., Bath, ME.
Dimensions: 83,36×13,73×8,53 meters [273'6"×45'1"×28'0"], and tonnage:2745 GRT and 2629 NRT. Rigged with doubbel top-sails and sky sails.

1891 September 17: Launched at the shipyard of Arthur Sewall & Co., Bath, ME.
1892: San Francisco to Liverpool in 93 days, 21 hours. The best day's sailing was 280 miles.
1895: Hong Kong to New York in 102 days.
1897: Honolulu to New York in 89 days.
1905 August 23: Left Noumea, New Caledonia, for Delaware with a cargo of 3558 tons of nickel ore.
1905 August 26 [?]: Sank after heavy weather had caused her seams to open and making water faster than the pumps could discharge it.

Updated 1997-02-24 by Lars Bruzelius.

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