| Date of launch | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Port Glasgow |
| Type | 4-masted iron barque |
| GRT | 2135 |
| NRT | 2064 |
| DWT | 3300 |
| Length | 84.9 m (278.5 ft) |
| Beam | 12.1 m (39.9 ft) |
| Draft | 7.3 m (24.0 ft) |
Later names: Åland (1913)
- 1887
Built of iron by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for Rickmers Reismühlen, Rhederei und Schiffbau A.G., Bremerhaven. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over single topgallant sails. - 1913
Sold to an association of ship owners in Mariehamn, with Gustaf Erikson as the main partner. She was renamed Åland. - 20 August 1914
Stranded near South Reef, New Caledonia where the lights had been extinguished because of the war, which the crew of the Åland did not know about. The vessel was wrecked. Gustaf Erikson now decided never to give a ship that he purchased a new name.
Pictures:
 | The Åland |
References:
- 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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