Parma (barque)

Parma in 1932
History
Name
  • Arrow (1902-12)
  • Parma (1912-38)
Owner
  • Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, London (1902-12)
  • F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1912-20)
  • British Government (1920-21)
  • Belgian Government (1921)
  • F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1921-31)
  • De Cloux & Villiers, Mariehamn (1931-36)
  • Rederei A/B Parma U V Wennstrom, Mariehamn (1936-37)
  • Barnett Bros, London (1937-38)
Operator
  • Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, London (1902-12)
  • F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1912-20)
  • British Government (1920-21)
  • Association Maritime Belge (1921)
  • F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1921-31)
  • De Cloux & Villiers, Mariehamn (1931-36)
  • Rederei A/B Parma U V Wennstrom, Mariehamn (1936-37)
  • Barnett Bros, London (1937-38)
Port of registry
  • United Kingdom London (1902-12)
  • German Empire Hamburg (1912-19)
  • Weimar Republic Hamburg (1919-20)
  • United Kingdom London (1920-21)
  • Belgium Antwerp (1921)
  • Weimar Republic Hamburg (1921-31)
  • Finland Mariehamn (1931-37)
  • United Kingdom London (1937-38)
BuilderA Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow
Yard number361
LaunchedApril 1902
CompletedApril 1902
In service1902
Out of serviceHulked 1936
Identification
  • Code Letters RBWN (1912-20, 21-31)
  • Code letters OHQQ (1931-36)
  • United Kingdom Official Number 115804 (1902-12, 20-21, 36-38)
  • Finnish Official Number 324 (1931-36)
FateScrapped 1938
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length327 ft 7 in (99.85 m)
Beam46 ft 5 in (14.15 m)
Draught28 ft (8.53 m)
Depth26 ft 2 in (7.98 m)
Propulsionsail
Sail planBarque
Parma becalmed in 1932 or '33

Parma was a four-masted steel-hulled barque which was built in 1902 as Arrow for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London. In 1912 she was sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany. During the First World War she was interned in Chile, and postwar was assigned to the United Kingdom as war reparations. She was sold back to Laiesz in 1921. She was sold in 1931 to Ruben De Cloux & Alan Villiers of Mariehamn, Finland. Following an accident in 1936, she was sold and hulked at Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, for two years before being scrapped.