Gerda
A wooden brig built in 1868 by O.A. Brodin, Gävle, for owners
in Mollösund, Sweden. Dimensions: 33,46×8,23×3,47 meters. Tonnage:
70 new lasts, or 239,66 GRT (later 234 GRT and 199,56 NRT).
- 1868 October 28
- Launched at Södra Skeppsvarvet, Gävle, for owners in
Mollösund. Her first master was Captain Johan Thorbjörnsson.
I går — den 28 oktober 1868, gick vid Södra
skeppsvarvet ett fartyg om 70 nyläster av stapeln, byggt av
skeppsbyggmästare O.A. Brodin för ett rederi i Mollösunds
räkning. Fartyget fick vid dopet namnet Gerda. Det kommer att
tacklas till brigg och kapten Thorbjörnsson blir dess
befälhavare.
- 1869 June 12
- Sailed from Gävle to Grimsby on her maiden
voyage with a cargo of deals and iron rods.
- 1888 April
- Sold to a shipping company in Morlanda for SEK 8525.
Captain Johannes Mattson became her second master.
- 1892 February
- Sold to Hilmer Ferdinand Edman [Where?] for
SEK 7035, who also became her master.
- 1912 Mars
- Sold to Carl Henrik Witt, Hälsingborg for SEK
8750. Master was Nils Petter Assarsson, Råå.
- 1917
- Sold to Ture Hillerström, Malmö, for SEK 5500.
Reameasured to 3234 GRT and 199,56 NRT. Captain Johan Wikström, Brantevik,
became her new master.
- 1918
- Transferred to Rederi AB Amazone, Malmö.
- c1919
- Sold to John Millar, Gothenburg, with William Millar as
managing director. The price was inflated due to the war to SEK 60.000.
- 1923
- Sold to Captain Pehr Ohlsson, Pataholm, who also was her
master. The price had now dropped to SEK 8000.
- 1927 July
- Sprung a leak and was abandoned in the Åland Sea.
Found still floating by the SS Wilton and towed to Sandhamn.
- 1930 September
- Laid up in Kalmar at the start of the Great
Depression.
- 1936
- Bought by the Gestriklands Kulturhistoriska Förening to
be used as a museum ship.
- 1943 May
- Transferred to the City of Gävle.
- 1950 November
- Sank at the quay and was towed away and beached.
- 1959
- The attempts to burn her at the spot did not succeed.
Gerda was the last Swedish merchant brig at the time she was laid up for
the last time.
Updated 1995-08-28 by
Lars Bruzelius
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