Alsterberg

A four-masted steel barque built by A. McMillan & Son Ltd, Dumbarton. Dimensions: 100,60×14,32×8,22 meters [330'1"×47'0"×27'0"], tonnage: 3239 GRT & 3072 NRT.

Sistership to the four-masted barque Urania (1902).

1902 May: Launched at the shipyard of A. McMillan & Son Ltd, Dumbarton, for A.G. Alster, Hamburg.
1902 October 19 - December 16: Sailed from Montevideo to Port Townsend in 68 days, 12 hours, which is the record for the distance.
1912: Sold to E.C Schramm & Co., Hamburg.
1912 June 21: Sold to H. Fölsch & Co., Hamburg, and was renamed Walküre.
1921: Assigned to the United States as war damage compensation and transferred to Robert Dollar Co., San Francisco, and renamed William Dollar.
1921-1929: Laid up at Lake Union.
1929: Sold to Pacific Coyle Navigation and reduced to a lighter.
1936: Sold to Island Tug & Barge Co. and reduced to a barge.
1936: Sank during towage.

Updated 1997-02-16 by Lars Bruzelius.

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