Engelhorn

A four-masted steel barque built in 1889 by Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co., Whitehaven. Dimensions 91,46×13,00×7,31 meters [300'1"×42'8"×24'0"] and tonnage 2461 GRT and 2374 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and top-gallant sails.

1889 October: Launched at the shipyard of Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co., Whitehaven, for J.R. de Wolf & Son, Liverpool. Assigned the Official British signal LMHG. Primarely used in the nitrate trade from Chile to Europe. The first master of the ship was Captain W.J. Simms.
1898: Captain W.F. Andrews, late of the steel ship Glenalvon, took over command of the ship.
1911 Januari 26: Collided with the four-masted barque Pommern off Helgoland and was towed into Hamburg for repairs.
1914 August 28: Left Valparaiso with a cargo of nitrate in sacks and was probably lost at Cape Horn.

Updated 1997-01-29 by Lars Bruzelius.

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