Fitzjames

A full-rigged steel ship built in 1902 by Hamilton, Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 80,01×12,22×7,19 meters and tonnage: 1946 GRT.

1902: Launched at the shipyard of Hamilton, Port Glasgow, for W. Montgomery & Co., London.
1909-10-02: Sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, for £ 8000 or £4 7s. 0d. per ton and was renamed Pinnas.
1909: Sailed from the English Channel to Valparaiso in 78 days under command of Captain Eck.
1912: Sailed from the English Channel to Valparaiso in 75 days under command of Captain Radfan.
1913: Sailed from the English Channel to Valparaiso in 74 days under command of Captain Oetzmann.
1914: Interned at Valparaiso for the duration of the war.
1920 October 30 - January 30: Sailed from Pisagua with a cargo of nitrate to Falmouth f.o. in 92 days under command of Captain Hans.
1921: Delivered to France as war-damage compensation.
1921 December 22: Sold for £ 3.000:- to F. Laeisz, Hamburg.
1922-1925: In command of Captain Jürgen Jürs.
1929 January 22: Left Hamburg for Chile under command of Captain Paul Lehmann.
1929 April 18: Was dismasted off Cape Horn.
1929 April 25: Taken in tow by the Chilean Government steam ship Alfonso which had heard the SOS signal.
1929 April 27: Abandoned due to increased leakage.

Updated 1997-05-10 by by Lars Bruzelius