Esmeralda

A barque built of oak and pitchpine in 1875 by H.F. Ulrichs, Bremerhaven. Dimensions 50,50×10,38×6,20 meters and tonnage 813 GRT and 788 NRT. Rigged with double topsails, single topgallant sails and royals.

1875-09-01: Bielbrief was issued.
1875: Launched at the shipyard of H.F. Ulrichs, Bremerhaven, for A.J. Hortz Söhne, Hamburg. Assigned the official German Reg. No. ____ and signal RFCV.
1875: In command of Captain P. Hansen.
1875-1879: In command of Captain H.H. Brock.
1879-1881: In command of Captain J.E.C. Mähl.
1881-1883: In command of Captain H.H. Brock.
1884: Sold to Neue Guinea, Hamburg.
1884-1886: In command of Captain J.C.H. Jäger.
1886: In command of Captain J.A.L. Dücker.
1886-12-02/08: Sold to Adolph von Hansemann, Berlin.
1889-05-01: Transferred to the Neu Guinea Compagnie, Hamburg. In command of Captain J.A.L. Dücker and later Captain O.M.W. Wagner.
1891 August: Sold to partowners in Åbo, Finland, with C.A. Wahlström as managing owner for 40.500 mark. Captain Jeremias Granit, Åbo, acted as agent for the purchase. Finnish measurements 50,2×10,2×6,1 and 765,05 RT. In command of Captain Jeremias Granit, later replaced by his son A.F. Granit.
1898-02-11: Arrived at Delfzyl from Sapelo Island, Georgia, after a rough voyage of 31 days.
1900 April 22 - June 5: Sailed from Hamburg to Charleston, SC, in 44 days.
1900 July 25 - September 16: Sailed with cargo of logwood from Charleston, SC, to Sunderland in 53 days.
1901: In command of Captain J. Th. Tengström.
1904-07-05: Sold to Captain K.E. Karlsson, Jomala, Åland, for FIM 16.000 mark.
1911-11-06: Had to seek refugee at Kungshamn, Smögen, after having received rig damage during the crossing of the North Sea on voyage from Kotka to Northfleet.
1912-01-29: Sold to Holmström & Co., Torekov, Sweden, for SEK 7300. Assigned the Official Swedish Reg. No. 5296 and signal JSNT. Swedish tonnage measured 829/765 tons.
1912-02-26: Sold to Sigrid Magdalena Lovisa Björkegren, Simrishamn, for SEK 9000.
1912: In command of Captain Nils Magnus Hallberg, Kivik, late of the same owner's ship Wakefield.
1916-01-07: Sold to Nordiska Handels AB Omnia (Ernst Theodor Svedelius), Stockholm.
1916-09-11: Sold to Skandinaviska Rederi AB (Carl Axel Frisk), Stockholm, for SEK 89.820.
1917: In command of Captain Adolf Hägglund, Skuru.
1917-09-15: Sailed from Holmestrand with a cargo of 367 stds of pitprops for Newcastle. Delayed by adverse winds off Fredriksstad until the 8th of October.
1917-10-13: Shelled by a German submarine in position 56°2'N, 2°30'E and later put on fire. The crew which escaped in one of the ship's boats, was later saved by the British destroyer Telemacus and was taken to Leith.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
(Axwik, Axel): Barkskeppet Esmeralda. Hemmahörande i Simrishamn och Stockhom.
Svenska Segelfartyg årg. 1, Malmö, 1936. pp 13-15, ill.
Friis-Pedersen, Jens: Sejskibe. Nordiske fartøjer opmålt, tegnet og fotograferet.
Høst & Søn, København, 1983. 4to, 96 pp, ill. Handels- og Søfartsmuseet på Kronborg søhistoriske skrifter XI. Udgivet av Anders Monrad Møller & Jens Lorentzen.
Granit, A.F.: Minnen från hav och hamn, 1918.
Gustafsson, Allan: Gynnande vind, 1973.

Updated 2000-06-30 by Lars Bruzelius

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