Cosmopolita

An iron barque built in 1869 by W. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, as yard no. 29. Dimensions: 151'6"×28'2"×16'8" and tonnage: 518 GRT, 495 NRT and 485 tons under deck.

1869 February: Launched at the shipyard of W. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, for Olaus & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Registration No. 78439 and signal WBGM.
1875: Transferred to Olaus, Larringa & Co., Bilbao, Spain.
1881: Sold to Morgan Tutton, Swansea.
1881: Captain L. Davies.
1890: Captain Thomas.
1896 September 30: Sold to Nils Svensson Fex and partners, Lerhamn.
1899 June: Sold to H.R. Lassen, Hamburg, for SEK 30.000 and was renamed Serita. Assigned the official Swedish Registration No. 2960 and signal JGRK. The new measurements were 45,51×8,30×5,07 meters and 518 GRT, 495 NRT and 830 DWT.
1903: Sold to S. Lubrano fu Z., Napoli.
1905: Sold to Rev. D. Gennaro Nugnes, Napoli.
1907: Sold to B. Schiaffino fu P., Genoa.
1908: Sold to E. Canale, genoa.
1911: Sold to G. Montefiore, Monaco.
1916: Sold to Ditta G. Pittaluga, Genoa, and was renamed Angelino.
1916: Sold to broken up at Torre del Greco.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-10 by Lars Bruzelius

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