Johanne (ship, 1876)

Johanne

Ship data flag  German Empire Ship type Barque home port Elsfleth Shipyard Gerhard Wempe shipyard, Elsfleth Launch July 25, 1876 Whereabouts decreased

Ship dimensions and crew length 42.90 m ( Lüa ) width 8.80 m Draft Max. 5.30 m measurement 592 register tons

The Johanne was a German barque that was lost in the Atlantic in 1881 .

history

The ship was launched at the Gerhard Wempe shipyard in Elsfleth on July 25, 1876. With a length of 42.9 m, width of 8.8 m and a draft of 5.3 m, the ship was measured at 592 register tons.

The Johanne was used in the North and Baltic Seas as well as in the Atlantic. On August 22, 1881 she was abandoned by her crew in the sinking state in the Atlantic, and her cargo of petroleum and tobacco sank in boxes. The crew was picked up by the schooner William Wilson . The next day the drifting wreck was encountered at position 29 ° North, 57 ° West by the American schooner Helen F. Simmons . During the search of the wreck, the captain of the Helen found a slip of paper with the information that the Johanne had already been dismasted in a hurricane on August 16 and had run full of water.

literature

• Peter-Michael Pawlik: From the Weser into the world. Volume II: The history of the sailing ships from Weser and Hunte and their shipyards from 1790 to 1926. Elsfleth - Brake - Oldenburg , Bremen 2003, p. 134.