California
Ship Number
225
Vessel Type
Sailing Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
22 February 1890
Delivered
24 April 1890
Owner
North Western Shipping Co
Weight
3099 grt
BP Length
318 feet
Breadth
45 feet
No. of Screws
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
Sail
Official No.
97769
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
-
California

[Malcolm Brodie shipping collection]
A four-masted steel barque delivered to North Western Shipping Company, but managed by Ismay, Imrie & Company, Liverpool.
 
In 1896 she was sold to J.A. Ritson & J. Livesey, Liverpool.
04 December 1897 sold to R.M. Sloman, Hamburg, and was renamed Alster.
04 February 1898 she was sold to Aktiengesellschaft "Alster", Hamburg.
Sold to E.C. Schramm, Hamburg - 12 March 1912.
1913 Sold to F.A. Vinnen, Bremen, and renamed Christel Vinnen.
1926 Sold to M. Aste, Genova.
1927 April 15 1917 she was stranded at Old Providence Island en route Caleta Caloso - Norfolk, VA.
 
References: Four- and five masted ships, general references. Kresse, W.: Hamburger Seeschiffe 1889-1914. Museum fur Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg, 1974. Meyer, Jurgen: Hamburgs Segelschiffe 1795-1945. Heinemann, Norderstedt, 1974.