Petschili

A four-masted steel barque built in 1903 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Dimensions 98,01×14,32×7,97 meters [321'7"×47'0"×26'2"] and tonnage 3087 GRT and 2855 NRT. Rigged with royals over double top-gallant sails.

1903 March 3: Launched at the shipyard of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Assigned the identification signal RMVJ.
1903 June 15: Delivered to F. Laeisz, Hamburg. The first master was Captain C.M.E. Prützmann. Used in the nitrate trade from Chile to Europe.
1905: Sailed from the English Channel to Talcuhuano in 59 days.
1906—1914: Captain A. Teschner.
1914: Interned in Valparaiso at the outbreak of the First World War.
1919 July 12: Stranded at Valparaiso during a northerly storm.

Updated 1997-02-15 by Lars Bruzelius.

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