Seafarer

A four-masted steel barque built in 1888 by W.H. Potter & Sons, Liverpool, as Yard No. 131. Dimensions: 85,79×12,54×7,46 meters [281'6"×41'2"×24'6"] 2211 2163.

Rigged with skysails and royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

1888 April: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Sons, Liverpool, for their own account.
1901: Sold to Brema Reederei AG, Bremen, and was renamed Seefahrer. Captain B. Shoemaker was given command of the ship.
1909: Sold to A. Witte, Bremen.
1910: Sold to C.T. Klingenberg, Bremen. Captain J. Stratmann.
1916-1919: Interned in Chile for the duration of the war.
1920: Transferred to C. de Cort & F. Verschuren, Belgium, as war damage reparations,
1923: Included in Lloyd's register for the last time.

Details of the final fate of this ship is missing.

Updated 1996-12-21 by Lars Bruzelius.

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