Aminta

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1862 by Jones, Quiggin & Co., Liverpool. Dimensions 214'0"×35'0"×23'0" and 1132 GRT and 1130 NRT and 1132 tons under deck.

1862 February: Launched at the shipyard of Jones, Quiggin & Co., Liverpool, for ... Assigned the official British Reg. No. 44187 and signal TSCQ.
1872: Owner: T. Isamy & Co., Liverpool; Master: Captain W. Meyler. [LR 1872-73]
1879: Owner: R.W. Cameron & Co., Liverpool; Master: Captain Coulthurst. [LR 1879-80]
1881 January 28: Sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, and was renamed Pluto. Assigned the German signal RHDG. The new measurements were 65,52×10,65×7,06 meters and 1159 GRT.
1881: In command of Captain J.H. Schwaner.
1882: In command of Captain H.J. Schacht.
1883-1888: In command of Captain C.F. Blöse.
1888: In command of Captain C.L. Hansen.
1889-1891: In command of Captain F. Kähler.
1891 March 7: Sold to Wilhelm Maack, Rostock. Assigned the German signal RGBC. The new measurements were 65,20×10,70×7,00 meters and 1133 RT. In command of Captain R. Niemann.
1892 July 16: Sailed from Blyth with a cargo of coal for Iquique and disappeared on route.
1892 August 22: Last spoken to by the barque Helen Scott in position 8°39'S, 25°34'W.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Rabbel, Jürgen: Rostocks eisener Segler. Hinstorf Verlag, Rostock, 1990 (2. Aufl.). 8vo, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-10 by Lars Bruzelius

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