Peep O'Day
An iron barque built in 1863 by Marshall Brothers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Dimensions 154'0"×27'5"×17'6" and 512 GRT, 481 NRT and 465 tons under deck.
- 1863 January
- Launched at the shipyard of Marshall Brothers, Newcastle-on-Tyne, for E.T. Gourley, Sunderland.
Assigned the official British Reg. No. 44525 and signal TVLG.
- 1879
- Owners: J.J. H'ldswrth [LR 1879-80]
- 1883 May 8
- Sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, and was renamed Puck.
Assigned the German signal RHDG.
The new measurements were 48,16×8,43×5,47 meters and 484 NRT.
- 1883
- In command of Captain E.F.J. Ohnsorg.
- 1884-1884
- In command of Captain P.E. Opitz.
- 1884-1885
- In command of Captain E.F.J. Ohnsorg.
- 1885-1887
- In command of Captain A.C.J.M. Grapow.
- 1888 February 21
- Sold to Rederiaktieselskabet Puck (Jens Paulsen Clausen, Nordby), Fanø, Denmark.
- 1901 November
- Drifted onto a coral reef but was towed free by a steamer.
- 1901 December 2
- Arrived in a leaking condition to Herberthöhe, Bismarck Archipelago, where she was condemned. The ship was sold at auction for DKK 6000 and converted to a hulk.
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Updated 1997-05-14 by
Lars Bruzelius
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