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general
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nationality:
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german
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purpose:
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transport
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type:
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barque - bark
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propulsion:
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sailing ship
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date built:
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1892
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details
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tonnage:
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2845
grt
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dimensions:
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95.82 x 13.58 x 8.04 m
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material:
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steel
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rigging:
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4 masts (rigged with royal sails over double top and top-gallant sails), 3700 sqm sails, sistership to PISAGUA
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call sign:
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about the loss
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cause lost:
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ran aground (wrecked)
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date lost:
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18/01/1905 [dd/mm/yyyy]
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about people
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builder:
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last owner:
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prev. owners:
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captain:
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Butz
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about the wreck
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references
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references:
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updates
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entered by:
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Siert Ingo
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entered:
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30/03/2013
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last update:
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Allen Tony †
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last update:
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24/11/2020
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Position
| Siert Ingo 30/03/2013 | | latitude: | hydro memberA Hydro member is a member who has subscribed to at least one of our Hydrographic Services. | | longitude: | hydro memberA Hydro member is a member who has subscribed to at least one of our Hydrographic Services. | | remarks: | Alternative position 'Haisborough Sand'. | | AIS: | hydro memberA Hydro member is a member who has subscribed to at least one of our Hydrographic Services. | | mark | add position to my marks (+/-5miles) | | dist. homeport: | dist. homeport |
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The Wreck today
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 Four-masted bark PLACILLAalong with other sailing vessels and steamships at the Northwestern Inprovement Co. dock, Tacoma, Washington, ca 1904
Photograph by Wilhelm Hester (1872-1947) |  This is a thumbnail version of the chart Cromer to Smiths Knoll. You do not have sufficient rights to see this chart in full resolution [11572x7440 pixels]. Have access to this chart (and more charts) via one of the following services | British Isles Hydrographic Service (646 charts, 33€) |
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|  A barque (bark) is a sailing ship with at least three masts, all of them fully square rigged except for the sternmost one, which is fore-and-aft rigged. |  owner Rhederei Actien-Gesellschaft Von 1896Rhederei Actien-Gesellschaft Von 1896 |  builder Tecklenborg J. C. - Johannes Carl Tecklenborg A.G. (Abegg, J.S.)Founded in 1841 by Jan Simon Abegg and taken over in 1845 by J.C. Tecklenborg DESCHIMAG, Werk Tecklenborg |  Lloyd's Shipping RegisterThis picture is being displayed, because Lloyd's of London, Lloyd's Register of Shipping is a reference to the wreck's data. The name ´Lloyd´ derives from Edward Lloyd, the ´coffee man´, as he called himself, who operated a coffee house in London, originally in Tower Street, then, from just after Christmas 1691, in Lombard Street. |  Lloyd's Register Of British And Foreign |  Lloyd's Register of Casualty Returns |
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History
Siert Ingo 30/03/2013 On January 18th, 1905, the German steel barque OPTIMA, built in 1892 by Tecklenborg J. C. and owned at the time of her loss by Laeisz, Ferdinand & Co, on voyage from Hamburg to Santa Rosalia, Mexico with a cargo of cokes, was wrecked on Haisborough Sands off Norfolk, England.
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