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An iron fullrigged ship built in 1884 by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton. Dimensions 305'0"×41'3"×25'0" and 2436 GRT, 2381 NRT and 2281 tons under deck.

1884 January: Launched at the shipyard of Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, for E. Bates & Sons, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 87939 and signal JGKD.
1903: Sold to W. Thomas & Co., Liverpool, and was renamed Cambrian Princess.
1913 December: Sold to Otto A. Färdig and partners, Nystad, Finland. The Finnish measurements were 91,5×12,3×7,5 meters. Captain J.F. Gadd.
1914 March 9: Sailed from Penarth with a cargo of coal for Port Nolloth, South Africa.
1914 May 16: Dismasted in the South Atlantic.
1914 June 7: Arrived to Rio de Janeiro where she remained for a long time.
1915: Sold to owners in Helsingfors.
1915 October 11 - January 31: Sailed from Rio de Janeiro to Genoa under command of Captain Julius Eriksson.
1916: Sold to Italian owners and was renamed Alessandra.
1918 March 15: Sunk by a German submarine.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius

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