Lotos

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1883 by H. Bothof & W. Gravenstein, Slikkerveer. Dimensions 206'8"×35'9"×20'9" and 1244 GRT, 1213 NRT and 1131 tons under deck.

1883 March: Launched at the shipyard of H. Bothof & W. Gravenstein, Slikkerveer, for ....
1887: Captain L. Klinkhamer.
1889: LR 1889-90: Owner: J. Koning & van Delden, Rotterdam.
1897: Sold to August Troberg, Mariehamn, for FIM 105.000. The Finnish measurements were 62,3×10,5×6,22 meters. Captain G.A. Lindström.
1902 August 6-8: Lost all but the fore rig and sprung a leak during bad weather off Cape Horn on voyage from Wallaroo to Cartagena with a cargo of lead and silver ore.
1902 August 8: The crew was rescued by the Britsh ship Kilmory and the Lotos was abandoned after the hatches had been taken off.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius

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