| Date of launch | 18 April 1904 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Port Glasgow |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 3109 |
| NRT | 2875 |
| DWT | 5300 |
| Length | 102.2 m (335.2 ft) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (46.9 ft) |
| Draft | 8.1 m (26.6 ft) |
Later names: Dreadnought (1917), Moshulu (1917)
- 18 April 1904
Built of steel by Alex. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow, for G.J.H. Siemens & Co., Hamburg. She was given the name Kurt and was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails. - 1917
Confiscated by the USA and renamed the Dreadnought, but soon thereafter renamed the Moshulu when it was discovered that there was another Dreadnought in the USA. - 1935
Bought by Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn and put on the Australian wheat trade. At the time she was the largest sailing vessel in Finland. - 1939
Won the last big Grain Race. - 1940
Taken over by the Germans and towed to Kristiansand, Norway, where she was laid up and partially de-rigged. - 1947
Sold to Gisken Jakobsen and J.P. Skotnes, Andenes. - 1948
Towed to Narvik and later to Bergen, then bought by Trygve Sommerfeldt, Oslo. The same year towed to Stockholm to be used as grain storage. - 1952
Sold to Heinz Schlieven, Hamburg, who planned to use her as a cargo-carrying schoolship. However, this never happened. - 1953
Towed back to Stockholm and used as grain storage. - 1961
Sold to the Finnish Government and used as grain storage in Naantali. - 1970
Sold to the Walt Disney Company, who towed her to Amsterdam to fit her out to be towed across the Atlantic. - 1972
Towed to South Street Seaport, New York and was rigged up with phoney masts and yards. - 1974
Arrived in Philadelphia and served as a restaurant ship. - 1989
The restaurant was closed because of a fire in the galley. Money to restore her to sailing condition was raised, but the plans were abandoned and the restaurant reopened.
Pictures:
 | The Moshulu under sail |  | The Moshulu for anchor outside Bogen, near Narvik August 1945 Photo by Kiil Skogen Appears courtesy of Hugo Kiil |
 | The Moshulu of today, moored in Philadelphia. |
References:
- Ronald Wöhrn: Moshulu. Ett skepps öden., Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 30 pp. 74 - 81, ISSN 0024-6328, published by JE Carlstedt förlag AB, Stockholm 1994
- Sten Lille, Lars Grönstrand: Suomen valtameripurjehtijat, ISBN 951-9064-31-1, published by Etelä-Suomen Kustannus Oy 1979
- 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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