| Date of launch | March 1874 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Aberdeen |
| Type | 3-masted iron ship |
| GRT | 1599 |
| NRT | 1567 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 78.4 m (257.2 ft) |
| Beam | 11.7 m (38.4 ft) |
| Draft | 6.9 m (22.6 ft) |
Later names: Hellas (1897), Alexandra (1902)
Re-riggings: 3m barque (1897)
- 1874
Built of iron by J. Duthie & Co., Aberdeen for Duthie Brothers & Co., Aberdeen. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged ship carrying royals over double topgallant sails. Sailed on the Australian wool trade. - 1897
Sold to Ångfartygsaktiebolaget Finska Lloyd, Helsinki, Finland, to be used as a training ship. She had by then been rigged down to a barque and was now renamed Hellas. - 1902
Sold to J. Johanssen & Co., Kristiania, Norway and renamed Alexandra. - 26 November 1907
Sailed from Newcastle, New South Wales with a cargo of coal for Panama. - November 1908
Becalmed for over three months. - 8 May 1908
The ship had ran out of provisions and the crew had not eaten for 12 days - they decided to take to the life boats. One boat was rescued by a steamer, the other reached Indefatigable, Galapagos from whence they were rescued five months later. The Alexandra was later found to have drifted aground at Albemarle and was wrecked.
References:
- Sten Lille, Lars Grönstrand: Suomen valtameripurjehtijat, ISBN 951-9064-31-1, published by Etelä-Suomen Kustannus Oy 1979
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