Dunboyne

A three-masted full-rigged iron ship built in 1888 at the Shipbuilding Company, Whitehaven. Her measurements are 71,10×11,40×5,60 meters [243'1"×37'5"×21'5"] and with a tonnage of 1425 GRT, 1380 NRT and 1316 tons under deck.

1888 March: Launched at the shipyard of the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company, Whitehaven, for the Dubliner shipping line of Charles E. Martin & Co. on the Australia trade.
1888-1908: In command of Captain John O'Neill.
1888 March 31 - May 17: Sailed from Whitehaven to Portland, OR, in 130 days.
1888 September 19 - January 14: Sailed from Astoria to Liverpool in 117 days.
1889 February 22 - May 17: Sailed from Liverpool to Sydney in 84 days.
1905 November 12 - January 31: Sailed from London to Freemantle in 80 days.
1908: Sold to Leif Gundersen, Porsgrund, Norway, for £ 3625. Captain L.O. Hamre was given command of the new ship.
1915: Sold to Emil Knudsen, Lillesand.
1915 August 15: Sold to the Swedish shipping line Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantik, Gothenburg, for £ 7500 and was renamed G.D. Kennedy. She was now converted into a freight carrying training ship mainly sailing on the Scandinavian - Australian trade. Assigned the Official Swedish Reg. No. 5734 and signal JVKL.
1923: The Swedish Royal Navy bought the ship in 1923 for use as a sail training ship and renamed her the af Chapman after the famous 18th century naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721-1808).
1934: Taken out of active service.
1949: Since 1949 the af Chapman is owned by the City of Stockholm and serving as a youth hostel run by the Swedish Tourist Association.

Image: Moored at Skeppsholmen, Stockholm.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Davidsson, Jan: af Chapman, ex Dunboyne, ex G.D. Kennedy.
Triangeln & STF, Göteborg & Stockholm, 1983. A4, 191 pp, ill.
Davidsson, Jan: af Chapman, skeppets tillkomst och ungdom.
Svensk Sjöfarts Tidning Årg. 79 (1983). pp 17-23, ill.
Davidsson, Jan: Fullriggaren af Chapman: Världshavens okrönta drottning - världends vackraste vandrarhem.
Sveriges Flotta årg. 79, Stockholm, 1983. pp 11:16-18, ill.
Hammarskär, Karl-Erik: af Chapman 100 år.
Länspumpen årg. 17, Göteborg, 1988. p 4:3, ill.
Rumenius, John: Skeppsgossekåren ett 300-årsminne.
Longitude 20, Stockholm, 1984. p 95.

Updated 1997-12-30 by Lars Bruzelius

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