| Date of launch | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Copenhagen |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 2959 |
| NRT | 2665 |
| DWT | 4000 |
| Length | 97.3 m (319.4 ft) |
| Beam | 14.0 m (45.8 ft) |
| Draft | 7.3 m (24.0 ft) |
- 1907
Built of steel by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, for ``Den Danske Handelsflaadens Skoleskib for Befalningsmand'' to be used as a schoolship for the Danish merchant marine. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails. - 1929
Sold to Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn and put on the Australian wheat trade. - 1939
Laid up in Mariehamn together with the Pommern and the Passat. - 1946
Made a few voyages carrying various cargos and one last voyage on the wheat trade together with the Passat. - 1950
Sold to the city of Gothenburg to be used as a stationary schoolship. She is currently preserved in Gothenburg.
Pictures:
 | The Viking |
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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