Pergamon

A steel barque built in 1888 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, as Yard No. 59. Dimensions 74,02×11,64×6,39 meters [244'4"×38'1"×20'7"] and 1447/1442 GRT and 1403 NRT and 1326 tons under deck.

1888 November 3: Launched at the shipyard of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, for F. Laeisz, Hamburg. Assigned the German signal RHLK.
1888: In command of Captain Robert W.B. Hilgendorf.
1889: Sailed from the English Channel to Valparaiso in 65 days.
1889: Sailed from Iquique to the English Channel in 82 days.
1889-1891: In command of Captain Hinrich Reinert Kayser.
1891 April 24: Left Shields with a cargo of coal for Iquique and was lost on the way.
1891 May 31: The floating wreck was sighted from the steam ship Artesia of Hamburg, but there were no signs of the crew of 19 men.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1997-05-08 by Lars Bruzelius

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