Hjertnes

A steel barque built in 1891 by Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Grangemouth, as yard no. 147. Dimensions: ___'_"×__'_"×__'_" and tonnage: .... GRT, .... NRT and .... tons under deck.

1891: Launched at the shipyard of Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Grangemouth, for A.J. Freberg, Sandefjord, Norway.
1916 June 23: Sold to Rederi AB Mimosa (Harald Schüssler), Stockholm, for SEK 200.000. Assigned the official Swedish Registration No. 5814 and signal JVQN. The new measurements were 56,57×9,80×5,0 meters and 780 GRT, 611 NRT and 1200 DWT. Captain K.G. Friberg, Luleå.
1917 February 6: Sold to Rederi AB Ossian (H.E. Waernerlund), Gothenburg. Captain Ossian Lindblom, Gothenburg.
1917 August: Reduced to barquentine rig and was renamed Nellie.
1918 March: Sold to Per Palén, Nettraby, and was renamed Tilli. Captain Ernst Hugo Vestin, Karlskrona.
1925 Spring: Sold to Tilli Shipping Co. Ltd, Halifax, for $17.000, but the sale was not completed and the ship was instead taken over by C.A. Dahlgren, Kivik.
1926: Sold to Acadia SS Co. Ltd, Halifax.
1930s: Sold to Owner: Marine Supplies Ltd, Halifax.
1936: Rigged down and converted to a barge.

References:

Squarerigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-04-10 by Lars Bruzelius

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