H. Bischoff

A four-masted iron ship orginally built as a steamship in 1865 by R. Napier & Sons, Glasgow, but re-built in 1889 by Blyth Dry Dock Co., Blyth, as a sailing ship. Dimensions: 108,5×13,3×8,29 meters [356'0"×43'8"×27'3"] and tonnage: 2776 GRT and 2708 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.

1865: Launched at the shipyard of R. Napier & Sons, Glasgow, for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique as the Ville de Paris.
1889: Re-built as a fourmasted ship by the Blyth Dry Dock Co., Blyth, for H. Bischoff & Co., Bremen. Captain B.J. Swarting.
1900 October 28: Stranded during a storm on the Vogelsand in the Elbmündung on voyage from Caleta Buena with a cargo of nitrate and was eventually broken down by the sea. [Hurst gives Caleta Coloso]

Updated 1996-11-10 by Lars Bruzelius.

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