An item dated Port of Spain 6th reported that the German bark Dr. Siegert master Willms underway from Trinidad towards Bremen, Germany stranded off Chacachacar [island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago]with 9 feet of water in her hold.(1)
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1. Built as the Otaki by Palmer’s Shipbuilding&Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England with yard number 322in 1875 rigged as a ship until she was rerigged as a bark in 1894. Owned by the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London, England serving on the Canadian-Australian Line until she in 1891 was acquired by Franzius, Henschen&Co., Bremen, Germany.
Note
1. Built as the Otaki by Palmer’s Shipbuilding&Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England with yard number 322in 1875 rigged as a ship until she was rerigged as a bark in 1894. Owned by the New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London, England serving on the Canadian-Australian Line until she in 1891 was acquired by Franzius, Henschen&Co., Bremen, Germany.
