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A steel full-rigged ship built in 1891 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as Yard No. 81. Dimensions 79,66x12,26x6,81 meters [___'_"×__'_"×__'_"] and 1773 GRT and ____ NRT and ____ tons under deck.
1891 May 23
Launched at the shipyard of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, for F. Laeisz, Hamburg. Assigned the German signal RJHS.
1891-1892
In command of Captain C.E.F.J. Bahlke.
1892
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 76 days.
1892/93
Sailed from Iquique to Hamburg in 85 days.
1893-1896
In command of Captain Hinrich Schmidt.
1893
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 68 days.
1893
Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 89 days.
1894
Sailed from Lizard Point to Santos in 30 days.
1894/95
Sailed from Channel to Valparaiso in 66 days.
1895
Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 1869 days.
1895
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 76 days.
1895/96
Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 67 days.
1896
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 65 days.
1899-1901
In command of Captain Boye Petersen.
1898
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 63 days.
1899
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 73 days.
1899/1900
Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 68 days.
1900
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 65 days.
1900
Sailed from Iquique to Lizard Point in 69 days.
1902 September 4
Renamed Posen.
1902-1903
In command of Captain C.E.F.J. Bahlsen.
1904-1906
In command of Captain A. Schütt.
1905
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 64 days.
1907-1909
In command of Captain Eduard Paulsen.
1907
Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 72 days.
1909 September 5
Left Hamburg for Valparaiso with a cargo of 2000 tons of cement, 500 cases of dynamite, etc.
1909 October 14
Destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. The crew left the ship in the boats and was picked up the day by the steam ship Earl of Carrick of Glasgow and brought to Rio de Janeiro.

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