Prompt

A steel barque built in 1887 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as Yard No. 52. Dimensions 72,80×11,64×6,27 meters [238'8"×38'1"×20'5"] and tonnage 1445 GRT, 1417 NRT and 1300 tons under deck.

1887 April 23: Launched at the shipyard of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, for F. Laeisz, Hamburg. Assigned the German signal RHDN.
1887-1890: In command of Captain G. Schlüter.
1890: Sailed from Lizard to Valparaiso in 65 days.
1891: In command of Captain C.F. Blöse.
1892: Sailed from Isle of Wight to Valparaiso in 65 days.
1893-1902: In command of Captain M. Grapow.
1903-1906: In command of Captain F. Junge.
1907-1908: In command of Captain G. Lessel.
1908 May 21: Sold to Mathias Lundqvist, Vårdö, Åland, for £ 4000. The Finnish measurements were 76,87×11,44×6,17 meters and tonnage 1446 GRT, 1363 NRT and 2100 DWT. Captain Hugo Lundqvist was put into command of the ship.
1912: Sold to Hugo Lundqvist, Mariehamn. The new master of the ship was Captain L. Simola.
1921: The royal yards were removed.
1936 March: Sold to Copenhagen to be broken up.

References:

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

Updated 1997-06-14 by Lars Bruzelius

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