| Date of launch | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Port Glasgow |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | - |
| NRT | 2328 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | - |
| Beam | - |
| Draft | - |
Later names: Octavia (1900)
- 1894
Built of steel by J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying double topgallant sails but no royals. Three sister ships were later built, Schürbek and Colonial Empire and Mneme. - 1900
Bought by Rhederei-Aktien-Gesellschaft von 1896, Hamburg and renamed Octavia. - 1922
Destroyed by fire in Puerto Deseado.
References:
- Björn O. Svensson: Pommern, ISBN 951-52-0917-X, published by Söderström & Co Förlags AB 1984
- 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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