Pleione

A full-rigged iron ship built in 1876 by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow. Dimensions 209'7"×34'6"×20'3" and tonnage 1139 GRT and 1092 NRT.
1876
Launched at the shipyard of A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for Shaw, Savill & Co., London. Used in the New Zealand emmigration trade.
1899
Sold to J.E. Einersen, Grimstad, Norway.
1904
Reduced to barque rig.
1913 February
Sold to K.F. Holmberg, Luvia. Captain F.W. Nyroos,
1914
Confiscated by the Germans and was renamed Elisabeth.
1918
Transferred to Gustav Ipland, Hamburg.
1918
Sold to Ernst Schliemann Oelwerke, Hamburg, and was renamed Eswo.
1919
Sold to Alfred Homuth G.m.b.H., Hamburg, and was renamed Alvine Homuth.
1921
Sold to Nordischen Handelsgesellschaft Hacfeld, Fisher GmbH, Hamburg, and was renamed Tamara XI.
1922 September 11
Wrecked at Brahestad, Finland.

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