MARIEHAMN 1866

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MARIEHAMN 1866

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:37 pm

IN THE 1880s, several Ålanders established themselves as shipowners.
They replaced the farmers who, up till then,had built ships and carried goods across the
Baltic and North Seas. One of them was Nikolaj Sittkoff (1828-1887), who became
one of the most important shipping representatives in Åland. The barque MARIEHAMN
was included in his fleet of sailing vessels in 1880. She was built in 1866 in Dundee,
Scotland, and named Lieutenant. The barque became the first Åland owned vessel with a local crew to circumnavigate the world. The long voyage set off in 1881 and, in July 1882, the vessel rounded the
Cape Horn, an event that is featured on the stamp by artist Allan Palmer. The barque
also became the first freight carrying Åland vessel to reach Australia.


MARIEHAMN: She was built in 1866 as a wooden cargo vessel by the yard of Tay Ship Co. in Dundee, Scotland for A.Low also from Dundee.
1866 Launched as the LIEUTENANT.
Tonnage 500 ton gross, dim. 157.7 x 27.9 x 17.6ft.
Barque rigged.

Of her career for Low I could not find much as what is given in Lloyds Register, Low was a jute merchant, most probably the vessel was used in the jute trade between the U,K, and India.
1867/68 L. R. gives her captain as Gorrie.
1872/73 L.R. that she was making a voyage from London to Valparaiso.
So far I could find she was still owned by Low and still carried the name LIEUTENANTwhen she in 1880 was sold to Mariehamn at that time Russian territory..
Aland Post Stamps gives that she was bought by Nikolaj Sittkoff.in 1880 and renamed MARIEHAMN.
Lloyds Register of 1883/84 gives that she was under command of Captain A. Lauren and he was also the owner.
1889 L.R. gives the owner as K.J. Karlson under command of Captain Troberg and homeport Mariehamn.
The last L.R. on line is 1899/1900 and she was still owned by Karlson.
Fate unknown.

Aland Islands 2017 local post sg?. scott?
Source: Aland Post Stamps no4 2016 and Lloyds Registry.
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