Rickmer Rickmers

Three-masted steel barque built in 1896 by AG Rickmers, Bremerhaven. Dimensions: 79,00×12,20×7,70 meters and tonnage: 1946 GRT.

1896 July 27: AG Rickmers, Bremerhaven, for Rickmers Reismühlen, Reederei und Schiffbau AG, Bremerhaven. Assigned the German signal QGHF [?]. Captain August Walsen was given command of the new ship.
1911 October 21 - 1912 February 23: Sailed from Pisagua to Lizard Point in 125 days.
1912 March 25: Sold to Reederei C. Krabbenhöft, Hamburg, for DEM 115.000 and was remaned the Max.
1916 February 26: Confiscated by the Portuguese Government at Horta and was given the name Flores.
1924-1927: Rebuilt as a sail training ship for the Portuguese Navy and was renamed the Sagres.
1961 September: Taken out of service and was renamed the Santo André and used as a storage ship.
1983 April 28: Sold to "Windjammer für Hamburg" and was given back her original name Rickmer Rickmers. Was towed to Hamburg where the ship arrived on the 7th of May.

Presently a museum ship in the harbour of Hamburg.

Bibliography:

Gerdau, Kurt: Rickmer Rickmers. Ein Windjammer für Hamburg.
Koehler, Herford, 1983. 8vo, 88 pp, ill.
Kludas, Arnold: 150 Years Rickmers, 1834-1984.
Koehler, Herford, 1984. 4to, 128 pp, ill.
Schäuffelen, Otmar: Die letzen grossen Segelschiffe.
Delius, Klasing & Co, Bielefeld, 1973. 8vo, 280 pp, ill.

Updated 1996-03-02 by Lars Bruzelius