Pisagua in 1893
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History | |
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Name | Pisagua |
Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde |
Yard number | 115 |
Launched | 23 September 1892 |
In service | 1892 |
Identification |
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Fate | Stranded 13 February 1913 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Length |
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Beam | 13.58 m (44 ft 7 in) |
Height | 52.50 m (172 ft 3 in) (tallest mast height over waterline) |
Depth | 7.94 m (26 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 3,500 m2 (38,000 sq ft) sails |
Sail plan | Barque |
Notes | sister ship: Placilla |
Pisagua was a four-masted barque that was built for F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany in 1892 and served for twenty years, surviving a collision with Oceana in 1912. She was repaired and sold to a Norwegian owner, only to be stranded in the South Shetland Islands the following year.