| Date of launch | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Bremerhaven |
| Type | 3-masted steel ship |
| GRT | 2065 |
| NRT | 1895 |
| DWT | 3100 |
| Length | 81.4 m (267.2 ft) |
| Beam | 12.2 m (40.0 ft) |
| Draft | 7.5 m (24.7 ft) |
Later names: Winterhude (1912), Selma Hemsoth (1925), Winterhude (1925)
Re-riggings: 3m barque (1909)
- 1898
Built of steel by Rickmers-Werft, Bremerhaven, for Rickmers Reismühlen, Rhederei und Schiffbau A.G. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged ship carrying royals over double topgallant sails. She was used on the East India rice trade and also carried case-oil from New York and Philadelphia to East Asia. - 1909
She was rigged down to a barque while undergoing repairs at the Tecklenborg shipyard in Geestemünde. - 1912
Sold to Schlüter & Maack, Hamburg and was renamed the Winterhude and put on the South American nitrate trade. - 1914
Laid up in Chile during the war. - 1921
Delivered to the French as war compensation. She was soon bought by Baltische und Weissmeer Schiffahrts- und Handels-G.m.b.H. and was repaired in Hamburg. She had lost her fore royal mast, but they did not bother to rig up a new one, so she sailed with only double topgallant sails on her fore, and a royal on her main. - 1924
Sold to Wilhelm Hemsoth A.G., Hamburg and continued to sail under the name Winterhude, although in the papers she had been renamed the Selma Hemsoth - 1925
The ship itself got the name Selma Hemsoth. The same year she was sold to Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn who gave her back the name Winterhude. She then started to go regularly on the Australian wheat trade. - 1932
She lost her main royal mast, and thus became `bald-headed' having lost both her royals. - 1944
Sold to the German navy and was stationed in Copenhagen. - 1945
Taken over by the British government, and towed to Kiel to be used for storage. - 1948
Towed to Hamburg. - 1949
Broken up.
Pictures:
 | The Winterhude in Auckland, having arrived there with a cargo of guano from the Seychelles. 1933 Photo by Russell Prince Appears courtesy of Colin Prince |
References:
- Georg Kåhre & Karl Kåhre: Den åländska segelsjöfartens historia, ISBN 951-99965-1-6, published by Ålands Nautical Club r.f. 1988
- Sten Lille, Lars Grönstrand: Suomen valtameripurjehtijat, ISBN 951-9064-31-1, published by Etelä-Suomen Kustannus Oy 1979
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