Moshulu

Moshulu at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
History
German Empire
NameKurt
NamesakeDr. Kurt Siemers
OwnerG. H. J. Siemers & Co., Hamburg
RouteEurope to Chile and Newcastle, Australia
BuilderWilliam Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow
Cost£36,000
Laid down1903
Launched18 April 1904
Christened18 April 1904
CompletedJune 1904
Maiden voyageJune 1904 via Santa Rosalía to Valparaíso
HomeportHamburg,
FateSeized by the US as enemy asset
United States
NameMoshulu
Route(US) Manila, Australia, South Africa
Acquired1917
Out of service1928
HomeportSan Francisco
FateSold to Finland, 1935
Finland
NameMoshulu
RouteAustralia to Europe grain trade
Acquired1935
Decommissioned1970
Out of service1940
Reinstated1935 as a cargo ship, 1948 as a grain store
HomeportMariehamn, Naantali
FateCapsized and demasted 1947, sold to the United States, 1970
United States
NameMoshulu
Acquired1970
Reinstated1975 as a restaurant
HomeportPhiladelphia
StatusMuseum ship/restaurant ship
General characteristics
Class and type
  • four-masted steel barque
  • cargo ship, fl. warehouse, restaurant ship
Displacement7,000 ts (1,700 ts ship + 5,300 ts cargo)
Length
  • 396 ft (121 m) (overall)
  • 359 ft (109 m) (on deck)
  • 335.3 ft (102.2 m) (btw. perpendiculars)
Beam46.9 ft (14.3 m)
Height
  • 212 ft (65 m) (keel to masthead truck)
  • 185 ft (56 m) (main deck to masthead truck)
Draft24.3 ft (7.4 m) at 5,300 tons
Depth28 ft (8.5 m) (depth moulded)
Depth of hold26.6 ft (8.1 m)
Decks2 continuous steel decks, poop, midshipbridge and forecastle decks
Installed powerno auxiliary propulsion; donkey engine for sail winches, steam rudder
Propulsionwind
Sail plan4.180 m²; 34 sails: 18 square sails, 3 spankers, 13 staysails
Speedhighest recorded: 17 knots (31 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
four lifeboats
Complementmax. 35
Crew33 (captain, 1st & 2nd mate, 1 steward, 29 able seamen)[citation needed]

Moshulu is a four-masted steel barque, built as Kurt by William Hamilton and Company at Port Glasgow in Scotland in 1904. The largest remaining original windjammer, she is currently a floating restaurant docked in Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, adjacent to the museum ships USS Olympia and USS Becuna.