Barque Penang (1920s)
Three-masted barque Penang photographed by William Leonard Fletcher off Auckland (NZ). The image is not dated. My estimate is that it was shot in the 1920s. My restoration and digital hand colorization of the original BW image in the New Zealand Maritime Museum archive.
"Penang was a three-masted steel barque built in 1905 with her originally name 'Albert Rickmers' by Rickmers Act. Ges., Bremerhaven for own account. 1910 sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, and was renamed Penang. 1917 sold to Bachmann, Bremen. 1920 sold to John Nurminen, Raumo, Finland and 1923 sold to Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn. In December 08 1940 she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-140 at 55°25'N, 10°15'W and sunk. No one of the crew survived."
(uboat.net)
Penang´s dimensions were: length × beam × depth = 265.5 × 40.1 × 24.6 ft (80.9 × 12.2 × 7.4 m) and she had a tonnage of 2039 GRT, 1880 NRT, and 3300 DWT
Barque Penang (1920s)
Three-masted barque Penang photographed by William Leonard Fletcher off Auckland (NZ). The image is not dated. My estimate is that it was shot in the 1920s. My restoration and digital hand colorization of the original BW image in the New Zealand Maritime Museum archive.
"Penang was a three-masted steel barque built in 1905 with her originally name 'Albert Rickmers' by Rickmers Act. Ges., Bremerhaven for own account. 1910 sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, and was renamed Penang. 1917 sold to Bachmann, Bremen. 1920 sold to John Nurminen, Raumo, Finland and 1923 sold to Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn. In December 08 1940 she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-140 at 55°25'N, 10°15'W and sunk. No one of the crew survived."
(uboat.net)
Penang´s dimensions were: length × beam × depth = 265.5 × 40.1 × 24.6 ft (80.9 × 12.2 × 7.4 m) and she had a tonnage of 2039 GRT, 1880 NRT, and 3300 DWT