| Date of launch | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Port Glasgow |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 3084 |
| NRT | 2882 |
| DWT | 5300 |
| Length | 99.9 m (327.7 ft) |
| Beam | 14.2 m (46.5 ft) |
| Draft | 8.5 m (28.0 ft) |
Later names: Parma (1912)
- 1902
Built of steel by A. Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow for Anglo American Oil Co., London. She was given the name Arrow and was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails. - 1912
Sold to Reederei F. Laeisz, Hamburg, renamed the Parma and put on the South American nitrate trade. - 1920
Handed over to the British government as war compensation. - 1921
Bought back by Laeisz and put back on the nitrate trade. - 1931
Sold to a consortium in Mariehamn, with the legendary Captain Ruben de Cloux and the author Alan Villiers as the primary partners. She was then the biggest sailing vessel in Finland until Gustaf Erikson bought the Moshulu. - 1933
The Parma made the fastest voyage on the wheat trade ever: Port Victoria - Falmouth in 83 days. - 1936
Sold and used as a hulk. - 1938
Broken up.
Pictures:
 | The Parma |
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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