Pampa

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1891 by A.G. Neptun, Rostock. Dimensions 295'5"×40'0"×22'2" and 1777 GRT and 1676 NRT and 2600 DWT.

1891: Launched at the shipyard of A.G. Neptun, Rostock, for F. Laeisz, Hamburg. Assigned the German signal RJHN.
1892-1895: The first master of the ship was Captain C.J. Steincke.
1892: Sailed from the English Channel to Valparaiso in 63 days.
1893: Sailed from the English Channel to Valparaiso in 63 days.
1894: Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 61 days.
1899: In command of Captain J. Jensen.
1900-1902: In command of Captain C.M. Prützmann.
1903-1906: In command of Captain W. Schröder.
1905: Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 58 days.
1907-1908: In command of Captain Rudolf Miethe.
1908-1910: In command of Captain J. Hamm.
1911-1913: In command of Captain Jürgen Jürs.
1913 May 2: Sold to Rederi AB Aura (J. Tengström), Åbo, Finland. Captain W.K. Jansén was given command of the ship.
1922 April 14: Was dismasted off the Scilly Islands on voyage from London to Seattle. Towed to Plymouth by the British steam ship Tuscarora where she arrived on April 18.
1922: Sold to owners at Blankenese for £ 1500 by the salvagers.
1922: Sold to Sunderland to be broken up.

References:

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

Updated 1997-05-07 by Lars Bruzelius