Bremerhaven, Germany 3 March 2017
Launched by Gulfport Shipbuilding Co., Gulfport, USA in 1919 as the 4 mast gaff schooner Elisabeth Bandi for account of the Marine Coal Company, New Orleand, USA, since 1925 of Water E. Reid, 1931 William Uskanen, 1935 Yrjänen&Kumpp/Laiva Bandi, 1938 John T. Essberger, 1954 Stichting Pieter Albrecht Koerts (Delfzijl, Netherlands), 1964 Ena Hardisty, 1965 Hans Richartsz and since 1972 of the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven. Marsh pine-built but not coppered. Sold in 1931 to William Uskanen, Sotkoma, Finland in 1931, renamed Bandi used in timber trade between Finland, Denmark en England. Sold on 7 November 1938 to John T. Essberger, Hamburg, Germany and converted by Blohm&Voss into a 3-mast bark steel rigged between 16 December 1938-15 June 1939 and renamed Seute Deern. Dimensions 75,7 (over all) x 11,3 x 4 (maximum) metres and a gross register tonnage of 813,57 tons.
