Aspice
A full-rigged steel ship built in 1894 by Mackie & Thomson, Govan (Glasgow), as Yard No. 77.
Dimensions: 265'0"×39'1"×23'3" and tonnage: 1909 GRT and 1809 NRT;
later measured to: 1898 GRT and 1757 NRT.
The forecastle was 29 feet long and the poop 48 feet.
- 1894
- Launched at the shipyard of Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow, for R. J. Swyny, Liverpool. Official British Register No. 102136 and signal WJBM.
- 189_
- Sold to Thomas Law and Co., Glasgow.
- 1900
- Sold to Navigazione General Italiana, Genoa, and was renamed Sant' Erasmo. Used as a sail training ship.
- 1904 October 16
- Sold to Theodor & F. Eimbcke, Hamburg, and was renamed Seerose. Assigned the German signal RNHJ.
The German measurements were 78,13×11,92×7,12 meters.
- 1905-1910
- In command of Captain Juliius Mahn.
- 1905
- Sailed from Lizard Point to San Francisco in 138 days.
- 1906
- Sailed from San Francisco to Newcastle, NSW, in 64 days.
- 1906
- Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Valparaiso in 71 days.
- 1907
- Sailed from Caleta Buena to Geelong in 93 days.
- 1908
- Sailed from Caleta Buena to Dunquerque in 126 days.
- 1909
- Sailed from Lizard Point to Coquimbo in 113 days.
- 1909
- Sailed from Coquimbo to Callao in 10 days.
- 1909
- Sailed from Callao to Salaverry in 3 days.
- 1909
- Sailed from Salaverry to Mejillones in 25 days.
- 1909/10
- Sailed from Mejillones to Lizard Point in 105 days.
- 1910 May
- Sold to Akties Aggi (B. A. Olsen & Son), Lyngør, Norway, and was renamed Aggi.
- 1915 April 29
- Left San Francisco with a cargo of 2500 tons of barley and 600 tons of beans for Malmö, Sweden. She was to be towed by the steamer Edgar H. Vance to the Panama Canal.
During a storm the following day, the cargo shifted and the tow parted. The Edgar H. Vance, which also had received damage ahd to return to San Francisco.
- 1915 May 3
- Wrecked on the Talcott Shoal, Santa Rosa Island, while trying to reach Santa Barbara. The wreck is located at 34°01N, 120°14W.
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