Dorothea

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1870 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg. Dimensions 62,17×10,25×6,43 meters [185'0"×33'0"×20'9"] and tonnage: 450 CL and 1016 NRT.

1870: Launched at the shipyard of Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg, for Martin Arnesen, Hamburg. Assigned the German signal ____.
1870: In command of Captain D. Waller.
1870-1873: In command of Captain F. Hüllmann.
1874 September 26: Sold to Carl Woermann, Hamburg.
1874-1876: In command of Captain J.H.M.C. Seemann.
1877-1879: In command of Captain J. Melchertsen.
1879-1881: In command of Captain C.G.A. Hupper.
1881-: In command of Captain C.J. Mehlhose.
1884-1886: In command of Captain R. Kort.
1881-: In command of Captain C.J. Mehlhose.
1888: Sold to J.S. Lübken, Elsfleth.
1902: Sold to A. Tarasoff & Co., Lovisa, Finland. The Finnish tonnage was 1045 GRT and 970 NRT.
19__: Sold to C. Lundgren.
1913 January: Sighted adrift from the steamer Bermudian. Towed to Bermuda by the steamer Seneca. Completely dismasted and everything movable had been washed overboard.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-14 by Lars Bruzelius

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