Trade Winds

A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by Ramage & Ferguson, Leith. Dimensions: 96,08×13,71×7,62 meters [315'3"×45'0"×25'0"] and tonnage: 2859 GRT, 2732 NRT and 4400 DWT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.

1891 February: Launched at the shipyard of Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, and was delivered in April to G.N. Gardiner & Co., Liverpool. Captain Ritchie. Used in the Indian jute trade.
1892: Sailed from Hamburg to Calcutta with a cargo of 3100 tons of salt in 107 days.
1897: Sold to J. Joyce & Co., Liverpool.
1899: Sold to D.H. Wätjen & Co., Bremen, and was renamed Magdalene. The new German measurements were 94,32×13,72×7,7 meters and 2809 GRT. Assigned the German signal QGGK. Captain E. Susewind.
1913 July 29: Sold to Rhederei Akt. Gesellschaft von 1896, Hamburg, and was renamed Ophelia. Captain H. Timm.
1914: Interend at Caleta Coloso for the duration of the war.
1919: Handed over to France as war damage compensation.
1920/21: Sailed from Calaeta Buena to Brügge with a cargo of nitrate in 215 days.
1922: Bought back to Germany.
1923: Broken up at Kaiserwerft, Wilhelmshaven.

Updated 1997-02-16 by Lars Bruzelius.

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