| Date of launch | October 1894 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Bremerhaven |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 2395 |
| NRT | 2302 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 82.3 m (270.0 ft) |
| Beam | 13.2 m (43.2 ft) |
| Draft | 8.4 m (27.6 ft) |
Later names: Herzogin Sophie Charlotte (1899), Gjertrud (1923)
- October 1894
Built of steel by Rickmers Reismühlen, Rhederei und Schiffbau A.G., Bremerhaven, for their own use. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double top- and topgallant sails. - 18 December 1899
Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, who renamed her the Herzogin Sophie Charlotte and rebuilt her to use her as a schoolship. - 1913
Sold to Schlüter & Mack, Hamburg. - August 1914
Stayed at Cleta Buena, Chile, because of the war. - 26 September 1918
Confiscated by the Chilean Government. - 1920
Returned to Schlüter & Mack. - 21 April 1921
Delivered to Great Britain as war compensation. - 1921
Sold to Robert Mattson, Mariehamn. - 1923
Sold to Christian Trondsen, Sarpsborg, Norway, and was renamed the Gjertrud. - 1928
Broken up in Wilhelmshaven.
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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