Dijmphna

Dijmphna (in the rear) in the Kara Sea assisting the Dutch expedition ship Varna
History
Sweden
Name	Linköping
Owner	1871-74 P.Eggertz 1874-78 A.G. Lindberg 1878-80 P. Eggerz 1880-1882 J.D. Grönvall
Builder	Sjötorp, Sweden
Launched	1871
Homeport	1871-1880 Vadstena 1880-1882 Gothenburg
History
Denmark
Name	Dijmpna
Owner	1882-1888 Aug. Gamél 1888 P.F. Jepsen 1888-89 C.C. Trane
Homeport	Copenhagen
Fate	Sold to Sweden in 1889
General characteristics
Class and type	3-masted steam schooner
Tons burthen	191 BRT / 142 NRT
Length	98 ft (30 m)
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	25 HP Steam engine

Dijmphna was as schooner-rigged steamship, built in 1871 in Sweden and named Linköping. During her first years Linköping sailed as a merchant in the North Sea and the Baltic but was sold in 1882 to the wealthy coffee trader and businessman Antoine Cyrille Frederik Gamél in Copenhagen. The ship was renamed Dijmphna in memory of Gamèl's mother, Maria Dijmphna Verves, reinforced for sailing in ice and equipped as polar expedition vessel, all paid for by Gamèl.^[1]