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Date of launchMay 1902
Place of launchPort Glasgow
Type4-masted steel barque
GRT-
NRT2266
DWT-
Length-
Beam-
Draft-

Later names: Joseph Dollar (1921)

  • May 1902
    Built of steel by J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow for Knöhr & Burchard, Hamburg. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying double topgallant sails but no royals. She was the third of four sister ships, the other ones being Octavia, Colonial Empire and Mneme.

  • 1921
    Sold to Dollar Co., San Francisco and renamed Joseph Dollar.

  • 1929
    Sold to China and used as a hulk.


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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