This is scarcely believable and has never been approached by any other ship. She was at her best, of course, in stro long-as long and straight as a barracouta, the Australians called her-that once she had got up speed she carried her way in the most astonishing manner." Another wonderful bit of sailing in her logbooks was 76 miles in 4 hours. "1865 Built as 3-masted barque/SS PÉREIRE by Robert Napier & Sons, Govan East, Glasgow, Scotland for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (Emile & Isaac Péreire), Le Havre, France. Used as mail/passenger ship, first around the Mediterranean Sea, then transatlantic to USA and later to Central America and the Caribbean. Outfitted with a 2 cylinder medium pressure steam engine on 1.250 SHP and a propeller made of iron. Fitted with one extra funnel.ġ881 Caught fire in the harbour of La Goulette, Tunisia.ĭimensions: L: 345’0"-B: 43’5"-D: 29’0".ġ873 The steam engine converted to a compound expansion engine by extending the engine with a low-pressure cylinder. Sunk by a torpedo to extinguish the fire. Raised and repaired.ġ887 Stranded off St. Nazaire, France and sustained heavy hull damages. Kinnear & Co., London, England who salvaged the ship.ġ888 Re-built as a four-masted fullrigged ship by Blyth Dry Dock Co., Blyth, England for A. Remeasured: 2.678 grt, 2.600 nrt.ġ889 Sailed 24/02 from Plymouth, England with 18.000 casks of cement and arrived 21/06 at Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ġ890 Sailed from New York, NY, USA to Melbourne. Averaged 18 knots for 72 hours.ġ893 Sold to Johan Bryde and partners, Sandefjord.ġ901 Sailed 15/04 from Newcastle, NSW, Australia and arrived 13/06 at San Francisco, CA, USA.ġ901 Sold 19/07 for GBP 6.300 to A/S Lancing (Joh. Johanson & Co., Lysaker), Christiania.ġ908 Sailed 01/03 from Langesund with a cargo of timber and arrived 15/05 at Melbourne.ġ916 Sailed 01/02 from Ambrose Lighthouse, New York to Muckle Flugga, Shetland in 12 days and 21 hours.ġ918 Sailed from Santos, Brazil to Melbourne in 47½ days.ġ920 Melsom & Melsom, Larvik became 27/03 managers of A/S Lancing. Sailed from Glasgow, Scotland for Montevideo, Uruguay.ġ921 Sailed 12/07 from Ardrossan, Scotland and arrived 11/08 at Cap Chat, QUE, Canada. Left Cap Chat 27/08 and arrived 12/09 at Ardrossan. Sailed 24/10 with Italian crew from Ardrossan to Genova, Italy. This also isĪround 10 minutes walk from the Antique Thermal pool,Įnding the day with a good sunset on top of the theater Location: Ancient Heirapolis amphitheater, adjacent to Pamukkale, Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey.
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