Blaatind

A four-masted schooner built in 1919 at the Price Yard, Seattle. Equipped with one deck and two transverse bulkheads. Dimensions: 232'9"x45'0"x18'8" and tonnage: 1526 GRT, 1339 NRT.

Photographs of her in Gordon Newell & Joe Williamson's Pacific Lumber Ships (1960) show an interesting rig, with yards and running square sails on masts one and three. This rig is similar to that in the German Vinnen five-mast schooners.

1919 October: Launched at the J.H. Price Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington.
1920: Owners: Americant Motor Schooner Co., Christiania, Norway.
1921: Owners: Commodore Shipping Co., Inc., Seattle, with the name Commodore.
1927: Owners: Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., Honolulu, HI.
1935: Bought by Mason to be used as barge.
1941: Sold to a San Francisco speculator who refitted her and loaded her up with timber for South Africa.
1941 December 20: Loaded timber at Rayonier Mill, Port Angeles, from where she sailed for Durban, by way of Pitcairn. Master: Captain Charles J. Tulee.
1942 May: Arrived in Durban after 143 days out.
1943: Bought by the Atlantic Navigation Co. (Pty), Capetown, South Africa and was renamed Commodore II.
1947: Broken up for her timber on a beach at Cape Town.

Updated 1998-12-30 by Lars Bruzelius

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