Maggie Leslie

An iron barque built in 1862 by A. Leslie & Co., Newcastle. Dimensions: 163'2"×27'1"×16'1" and tonnage: ____ GRT, 468 NRT and ____ tons under deck.

1862 September: Launched at the shipyard of A. Leslie & Co., Newcastle, for their own account. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 45149 and signal ____.
1875 September 13: Sold to Emil J. Hagen, Hamburg, by W. Lindsay, Leith, and was renamed Irma. Assigned the German signal RDFG. The German measurements were 49,93×8,27×5,05 meters and 460 NRT.
1880-1881: In command of Captain W. Thuro.
1881 July 26/29: Sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, and was renamed Paquita.
1881-1888: In command of Captain C.L. Hansen.
1888 July 3 [31?]: Sold to August Burchard, Rostock. Assigned the German signal RGCV. The mew German measurements were 49,70×8,30×4,80 meters and 460 RT. Captain Ewald Möller was given command of the ship.
1891: Sold to the Master Shipwright Möller, Rostock, for DEM 56.500 and was managed by Wilhelm Maack, Rostock.
1896: Stranded on the river bank leaving Rosario.
1897: Sold to owners at Stralsund.
1903: Abandoned at sea.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Rabbel, Jürgen: Rostocks eisener Segler. Hinstorf Verlag, Rostock, 1990 (2. Aufl.). 8vo, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1998-07-07 by Lars Bruzelius