Bismarck (ship, 1866)

Bismarck

Ship data flag  Oldenburg German Empire   Ship type Barque Shipping company JH Becker Shipyard Martin Willers, Lienen Launch November 1866 Whereabouts Sunk on December 30, 1874

Ship dimensions and crew measurement 373 register tons

Rigging and rigging Rigging Barque Number of masts 3

The Bismarck was a Oldenburg Bark , which in November 1866 by the shipyard by Martin Willers in Lienen in office Elsfleth from the stack running. It was measured with 166 commercial loads or 373 register tons and was managed by JH Becker in Elsfleth.

The Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck turned according to a report of "weekly for Vegesack and around" to the owners of the ship and thanked him for as godfather to stand the Bark available.

The maiden voyage led from Bremerhaven to Galveston (Texas) under Captain JH Stellmann . Journeys to Galveston, New York and Iquique / Peru are recorded for the period from 1868 to 1870 .

Downfall

The end of the Bismarck is handed down in a report in the "Weser-Zeitung" dated December 30 , 1874. Then the barque ran again on August 20, 1874 from Iquique with the destination Falmouth . On December 17, after a six-day storm , she was standing at the entrance to the Strait of Magellan off Cape Horn when it was discovered that the ship was leaking . Despite the constant operation of the two pumps , the water in the ship rose steadily until December 19; a new storm was also expected. The crew therefore demanded that the ship be abandoned. Thereupon the Bismarck was left and the crew of the Norwegian schoonerbrigg Limpio took up , which was heading for Le Havre . The Bismarck sank just two hours later .

literature

• Peter-Michael Pawlik: From the Weser into the world. Volume 2: The history of the sailing ships from Weser and Hunte and their shipyards from 1790 to 1926. Elsfleth - Brake - Oldenburg. Hauschild, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-89757-150-1 , p. 213.