Van Galen

A steel barque built in 1891 by J.F. Meursing, De Nachtegaal, Amsterdam. Dimensions: ___'_"×__'_"×__'_" and tonnage: 1335 GRT, ____ NRT and ____ tons under deck.

1891: Launched at the shipyard of De Nachtegaal, Amsterdam, for .... Assigned the official Dutch Reg. No. ____ and signal ____. Employed in the ... trade.
1897 April 14: Sold to Wachsmuth & Krogmann, Hamburg, and was renamed Thalassa. Assigned the official German signal RKPT. The new dimensions were 69,40×11,40×6,67 meters and 1423 GRT.
1897: In command of Captain H.E. Hellwege.
1897: Sailed from 50°N in the Atlantic to Rio de Janeiro in 48 days.
1897: Sailed from Rio de Janeiro to Raltal in 48 days.
1899-1903: In command of Captain J. Christiansen.
1897/98: Sailed from Tocopilla to Lizard Point in 114 days.
1898: Sailed from Lizard Point to San Diego in 143 days.
1899: Sailed from Portland, OR, to Lizard Point in 147 days.
1904-1911: In command of Captain A. Beling.
1899/1900: Sailed from Lizard Point to Valparaiso in 81 days.
1903: Sailed from Vlissingen to Seattle in 171 days.
1904: Sailed from Port Blakeley to Fremantle in 86 days.
1904: Sailed from Rangoon to Lizard Point in 124 days.
1912: In command of Captain A. Heinrich.
1912: Sold to Skibs-actieselskabet Grimstad (Marcussen, Jørgensen & Co.), Grimstad, Norway.
1913: In command of Captain D.U. Danielsen.
1916: In command of Captain J. Jørgensen
1917: Sold to owners in Copenhagen. [Meyer has 1923]
1924: Broken up in Germany.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1997-06-05 by Lars Bruzelius

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