At Philadelphia, USA
With our thanks for allowing us to publish
Laid down by Alex. Wm. Hamilton&Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland for account of G.H.J. Siemens&Co., Hamburg, Germany on 1903, launched on 18 April 1904, completed in June 1904, maiden voyage via Santa Rosalia, California, USA towards Valparaiso, Chile in June 1904, used for shipping coal, nitrate and coke between England, Australia, Chile, Germany and Mexico, seized by the USA in 1917, renamed Moshulu with as homeport San Francisco, USA and used by the US Shipping Board on the timber and chrome shipping line USA-Philippines-Australia, owned by the Moshule Navigation Company (Charles Nelson&Co.,) 1920-1922, James Tyson 1922-1928 in the timber trade USA-Australia-South Africa, laid up in 1928, sold towards Gustaf Erikson, Finland on 1935, now cargo ship with as homeport Mariehamn, Aland Islands on the Australia-Europe grain line, seized by Germany in 1940 returning from Buenos Aires, Argentina, capsized and loosing her masts in 1947, floating grain storage since 1948 first by Trygve Sommerfedlt, Oslo, Norway, than at Sweden berthed at Stockholm 1948-1952, sold Heinz Schliewen, Germany and renamed Oplag as cargo annex training ship, sold to the Swedish Farmers State Union and since 16 November 1953 floating warehouse, sold to the Finnish government and became grain warehouse at Naantali, sold to the USA in 1970, rerigged in the Netherlands and since 1975 restaurant annex museum ship.
With a displacement of 7.000 tons, holds capacity 5.300 tons and as dimensions 102,2 (between perpendiculars)-102, (waterline)-121 (over all) x 14,3 x 7,4full loaded)) x 8,5 (moulded depth) x 8,11 (depth of hold) x 65 (height keel-masthead truck) metres or 335.3-359-396 x 46.9 x 24.3 x 28 x 26.6 x 212 feet. Fitted out with a donkey engine for the sail winches and steam rudder. Sail area 4.180 square metres. Crew numbered 35 men.
