Phos

A fullrigged steel ship built in 1893 by Oderwerke Stettiner A.G., Stettin, as yard no. 408. Dimensions: 254'3"×39'5"×21'8" and tonnage: 1652 GRT, 1545 NRT, 2350 DWT and .... tons under deck. Rigged with double topsails, single topgallant sails, royal sails and equipped with a spike bowsprit.

1893
Launched at the shipyard of Stettiner A.G., Stettin, for A/S Phos (Eugéne Collett & Co.), Kristiania (Oslo). Assigned the official Norwegian Reg. No. .... and signal ...
1894-1901
In command of Captain S.B. Johnsen.
1901-1903
In command of Captain H. Pedersen.
1903
In command of Captain Halvorsen.
1903 September 5
Sold to AB Phos (Axel Werner Lindblom), Halmstad, Sweden. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 4206 and signal JNLM. In command of Captain Magnus Svensson.
1905
Sold to A.C. de Freitas & Co., Hamburg, for SEK 117.000 (GBP 6500).
1905 January 9
Sold to F.L. Sloman & Co., Hamburg, and was renamed Nordsee. The German measurements were 77,00×11,98 meters and 1768 GRT. Assigned the German signal RNKB. In command of Captain E. Ranitz.
1906
Sailed from Lizard Point to Geelong in 76 days.
1906
Sailed from Sydney to Talcahuano in 30 days.
1907
Sailed from Talcahuano to Newcastle, NSW, in 57 days.
1907
Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Caleta Coloso in 38 days.
1907
Sailed from Caleta Coloso to Sydney in 72 days.
1907-07-10
Sold to Rhed. Ges. Nord GmbH, Hamburg.
1907
Sailed from Sydney to Coquimbo in 30 days.
1907/1908
Sailed from Coquimbo to Portland, OR, in 38 days.
1908
Sailed from Lobos de Afuera to Lizard Point in 88 days.
1909
Sailed from Honolulu to Taltal in 63 days.
1909/1910
Sailed from Taltal to Talcahuano in 16 days.
1910
Sailed from Talcahuano to Lizard Point in 90 days.
1910 April 02
Sold to A/S Nordsee (Carl Bech & Co.), Tvedestrand, Norway. Norwegian measurements 262'9"×39'4"×21'6" and 1641 GRT, 1517 NRT and 1478 tons under deck. Assigned the Norwegian signal KDTW.
1914-1916
In command of Captain Olaf Larsen.
1915 December
Sold to A/S Fido (Mathias Hansen), Kristiansand, and was renamed Fjong.
1916-1917
In command of Captain Nielsen.
1917-1918
In command of Captain Martin Nøding.
1918-1920
In command of Captain G.J. Knudsen.
1920-1924
In command of Captain Thv. Torjussen.
1922 December
Sold to Skibs A/S Fjong (J. Paulsen), Arendal, for NOK 55.000.
1924-1925
In command of Captain J.S. Nielsen.
1925
Sold to be broken up.

Is reported to have sailed from Tönning [Toenning], Germany, to Melbourne in 73 days.

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Updated 2006-08-01 by Lars Bruzelius.

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