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An iron full-rigged ship built in 1868 by Iliff & Mounsey, Sunderland, as yard no. 30. Dimensions: 166'3"×28'1"×17'3" and tonnage: 536 GRT, 536 NRT and 494 tons under deck. Re-rigges as a barque before 1889.

1868 October: Launched at the shipyard of Iliff & Mounsey, Sunderland, for Gourlay & Co., Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 52853 and signal HLVS. Employed in the South American [?] trade.
1885: Captain C. Sauer was given command of the vessel.
1891: Sold to Heinrich Bauer, Rostock, for DEM 82.000 and was renamed Emma Bauer. Assigend the German signal MDPQ. The new measurements were 49,87×8,43×5,17 meters and 536 RT. Captain H. Niemann, Dändorf, was given command of the vessel.
1899: Sold to Paul Grampp, Rostock.
1901: Sold to Anders Nilsson and partners, Helsingborg, for SEK 30.000 and was renamed Anders. Assigned the official Swedish Registration No. 3886 and signal JMGD. The new measurements were 49,44×8,58×5,27 meters and 536 GRT, 496 NRT and 800 DWT. Captain Nils Olof Gudmundsson, Råå.
1905: Captain Jacob Andersson, Råå.
1913 December 4: Drifted ashore at Dybingen during a severe gale. Was subsequently salvaged but condemned at Christiansand on January 8, 1914.
1914: Sold to Langesunds Ophugningskompani for SEK 16.000.
1914 Autumn: Sold to Åsbacka Trävaru AB, Söderhamn, and was rebuilt as a barge.
1919 September 30: Sold to Ostkustens Transport AB, Stockholm.
1922: Sold to Kungl. Marinförvaltningen.

Final fate not known.

References:

Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).
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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