She was a four-masted barque built for the German shipping Company F. Laeisz. One of their famous Flying P-Liners, she was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn in 1949.

She was a 3910 bm and length of 375' and beam of 45' and draft of 23.5'. Top speed 16 knots, four-masted barque. (40,900 gt of sails).

She was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg and launched 29 July 1905.

Acquired by:

Kingdom of Italy for war reparations in 1920.

F. Laeisz Co., Germany in 1924.

Erikson Line, Finland in 1931

Seized as prize of war 3 August 1941 by New Zealand

Erikson Line in 1948 by Finland

Heinz Schliewen, Germany in 1951 then

Stiftung Pamir und Passat in 1954.

Sunk in 1957.

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