Dana (1919)

Dana
History
Denmark
Name	Dana (I)
Owner	East Asiatic Company
Port of registry	Copenhagen
Builder	Nakskov, Denmark
Yard number	8
Completed	April 1919
In service	1919
Out of service	1924
Identification	Call sign: NWMJ IMO: 3007090
Sweden
Name	Carina
Owner	Lloyd-Lundstrøm
Port of registry	Helsingborg
In service	1924
Out of service	1932
Norway
Name	Carina
Owner	A/S Carina
Port of registry	Mandal
In service	1932
Out of service	1935
Italy
Name	Giuseppina V
Owner	Pietro Rosetti
Port of registry	Genoa
In service	1935
Out of service	1941
Fate	Sunk in bombardment of Tripoli
General characteristics
Type	Four-masted schooner
Tonnage	362 GRT / 238 NRT
Length	135 ft (41 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	12.7 ft (3.9 m)
Propulsion	3 cyl. Tuxham Diesel, 200 hp, single propeller
Speed	7 knots

Dana was a four-masted motor schooner built for the Danish East Asiatic Company (EAK) and launched in 1919.^[1] It was made available to the Danish marine biologist Johannes Schmidt, who used it for two expeditions to the Sargasso Sea in 1920–1921. The main goal of the expeditions, named the first and second Dana expeditions, was searching for the spawning grounds of the European eel.

The ship was returned to service in EAK after the expeditions and sold to Sweden in 1924, where it was renamed to Carina. Later sold to Italy (1934) and renamed Giuseppina V, it was lost 30 August 1941 during the bombing of Tripoli.^[2]

Dana was succeeded by the research vessel Dana (II).