Gustaf Adolf Mauritz Erikson (1873-1947)

Ship owner. Owner of the last fleet of large sailing ships. He also owned the Nystads Slip & Mekaniska Verkstad, Nystad, Finland.

1872 October 24: Born at Hellestorp, County of Lemland, Åland, the son of the ship owner and captain Gustaf Adolf Erikson Melander and his wife Amalia.
1883 May 14: Cabin boy in the barque Neptun, . . .
1885-1886: Sailed as cook on the Neptun.
1888 May 13: Served as steward on the barquentine Adele.
1889 June 23: Served as constable on the barque Ansgar.
1890 March 2: Served as constable on the barquentine Fennia.
1890 September 29: Served as constable ?.
1892 April 13: Quartermaster's examination at the navigation school of Mariehamn.
1892: Served as mate on the barquentine Adele
1893-1894: Master of the barquentine ("skonertskepp") Adele, Lemland.
1895 April 25: Mate's and merchant skipper's examination at the navigation school of Uleåborg.
1895: Served as first mate on the barque Mathilda.
1899: Master's exam at Vasa, Finland.
1899-1905: Master of the barque Southern Belle, . . .
1906-1908: Master of the ship Albania, Mariehamn.
1906: Married Hilda Bergman, Finströms Bergö, while at Swansea.
1909-1913: Master of the three-masted barque Lochee, Nystad, Finland.
1931: Appointed sjöfartsråd.
1933: Bought the Nystads Slip och Mekaniska Verkstad.
1942 June 16: After having lost his son Gustaf-Adolf Erikson when the SS Argo was torpedoed South of Åland at 59°21' N, 20°14' E, Gustaf Erikson . . .
1947 August 15: Deceased.

Updated 1996-11-04 by Lars Bruzelius