| Date of launch | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Glasgow |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | - |
| NRT | 2097 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 82.3 m (270.0 ft) |
| Beam | 13.1 m (43.0 ft) |
| Draft | 7.2 m (23.6 ft) |
Later names: Star of Greenland (1910), Abraham Rydberg (1929), Fox do Duoro (1943)
Re-riggings: 4m barquentine (1943)
- 1892
Built of steel by C. Connel & Co., Glasgow for Hawaiian Construction Co., Honolulu, to be used on the sugar trade from Honolulu to South America. She was given the name Hawaiian Isles and was rigged as a four-masted barque with royals over double topgallant sails. - 1893
Sold to A. Nelson, Honolulu. - 1900
Sold to Welch & Co., Honolulu. - 1906
Sold to Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco. - 1910
Sold to the Alaska Packers Association and renamed the Star of Greenland. - 1929
Sold to Stiftelsen Abraham Rydberg, Stockholm to be used as a cargo carrying schoolship, and was renamed the Abraham Rydberg. She was put on the Australian wheat trade. - 1936
In collision with the steamer Koranton. The hull was damaged and she lost her main topgallant mast. - 1943
Sold to Julio Riero Campys, Oporto, and renamed the Fox do Duoro. Later two diesel engines were installed and she was re-rigged as a four-masted barquentine. - 1957
Scrapped.
References:
- Alex A. Hurst: Hur all världens råtacklade fyr- och femmastade skepp slutade sin levnad, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 23 pp. 76 - 93, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1987
- Alex A. Hurst: En lista på all världens 4- och 5-mastade råtacklade skepp, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 22 pp. 7 - 31, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1986
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