Pleione

A full-rigged iron ship built in 1876 by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow. Dimensions 209'7"×34'6"×20'3" and tonnage 1139 GRT and 1092 NRT.

1876: Launched at the shipyard of A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for Shaw, Savill & Co., London. Used in the New Zealand emmigration trade.
1899: Sold to J.E. Einersen, Grimstad, Norway.
1904: Reduced to barque rig.
1913 February: Sold to K.F. Holmberg, Luvia. Captain F.W. Nyroos,
1914: Confiscated by the Germans and was renamed Elisabeth.
1918: Transferred to Gustav Ipland, Hamburg.
1918: Sold to Ernst Schliemann Oelwerke, Hamburg, and was renamed Eswo.
1919: Sold to Alfred Homuth G.m.b.H., Hamburg, and was renamed Alvine Homuth.
1921: Sold to Nordischen Handelsgesellschaft Hacfeld, Fisher GmbH, Hamburg, and was renamed Tamara XI.
1922 September 11: Wrecked at Brahestad, Finland.

References:

Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.
Meyer, Jürgen: Hamburgs Segelschiffe 1795-1945.
Heinemann, Norderstedt, 1974. 4to, 296 pp, ill.

Updated 1998-03-10 by Lars Bruzelius