by kerrins Giraffe
About the Eilbek:
she was a four masted iron barque, all of them fully square rigged except for the sternmost one, which is fore-and-aft rigged. . When four-masted barques started to appear in the 19th century, they were often called full-rigged ships since they had three square rigged masts. the date of this picture was taken was approximately 31 may 1899, where she put into port jackson, austraila, to repair damage from a sudden squall, or storm at sea. she was carrying at the time 300 tons of flour, which was undamaged by the storm. the crew had to shift the flour to the other side of the ship to help it regain a somewhat upright postition so it could limp into port jackson. she was basically a cargo ship.
she was built by moores, russell and company in port glasgow in 1892 under the name 'moreton'
1898 October 17
Sold to Knöhr & Burchard, Hamburg, and was renamed Eilbek.
1918
Sold to Captain G. Ipland, Hamburg.
1918
Re-registered at Aabenraa (Apenrade), Denmark, to avoid flying the German flag.
1920 July 29
Sold to Overretssagfører Chr. Tiemroth, Copenhagen.
1920 August 31
A sale to Rederi "Transocean" (manager Sven Salén), Gothenburg, was never completed. Chr. Tiemroth reported that he had another buyer it is unclear what happend to ship during the next two years.
1922
Sold to Nordische Handelsgesellschaft Hackfeld, Fischer GmbH, and renamed Tamara XV.
1924
Sold to Adler Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany.
1925
Broken up.
