Palmyra
A steel full-rigged ship built in 1889 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as yard no. 66.
Dimensions 79,62×11,74×6,89 meters [___'_"×__'_"×__'_"] and 1797 GRT and ____ NRT.
Rigged with royals over double top and topgallant sails.
- 1889 August 12
- Launched at the shipyard of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, for
F. Laeisz, Hamburg.
Assigned the German signal RHQF.
- 1890-1891
- In command of Captain Robert Hilgendorf.
- 1889
- Sailed from the English Channel to Valparaiso in 63 days.
- 1890
- Sailed from Iquique to the English Channel in 77 days.
- 1892-1894
- In command of Captain Georg Robert Emil Carl Schlüter.
- 1892/1893
- Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 90 days.
- 1893
- Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 86 days.
- 1895-1896
- In command of Captain A. Teschner.
- 1895
- Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 67 days.
- 1895
- Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 86 days.
- 1896
- Sailed from Lizard Point to Port Pirie in 75 days.
- 1897
- Sailed from Port Pirie to Taltal in 55 days.
- 1899-1903
- In command of Captain C.V. Jessen.
- 1897
- Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 81 days.
- 1898
- Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 88 days.
- 1901
- Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 74 days.
- 1901
- Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 86 days.
- 1904-1906
- In command of Captain E.J. Paulsen.
- 1904
- Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 74 days.
- 1907-1908
- In command of Captain P. Petersen.
- 1908
- In command of Captain G. Lessel.
- 1908 April 27
- Left Vlissingen for Valparaiso.
- 1908 July 2
- Stranded on the Wellington Islands on the South Chilean coast. The Captain and the first mate were able to reach the Evangelistas lighttower at the Magellan Straits on July 20 in the jig but the rest of the crew or 21 men in one of the lifeboats disappeared.
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Updated 1997-05-07 by
Lars Bruzelius
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