Ship Details

Elemka

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Photo Credit: State Library South Australia PRG 1373/44/49

 
 
Registry #1 (Denmark Register) Registry #2 (German Registry) Registry #3 141191 (Canada)
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1918 Cap Nord (I) Name 6
Name 2 1935 Elemka Name 7
Name 3 1938 Andromeda (I) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1918 Place North Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 242.8' x 44.4' x 18.7'
Builder Wm. Lyall Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver BC Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 1458 Type 1 Schooner, five-masted (auxiliary)
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine 350nhp gasoline engine Engine Manufacture Skandia A.B., Lysekil
Repower Propulsion Twin Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign NFSV
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1918 she was owned by the Government of France. In 1926-1927 she was owned by A/S Rederi Aero (H. Petersen, mgr.), Copenhagen Denmark. In 1938 she was owned by German owners as a school training ship. In 1944-1945 she was owned by Commander S.M. Riis, Washington DC USA.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
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References
Gibbs, Jim A. (1968); Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1926-1927; Lloyd's Register Vol. 1 1944-1945; https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/44/49 (website viewed 29/01/2023);
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