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Alacrita - (1903-1907)
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Alacrita
Steel 3-masted square-rigger, 1974 gross tons, 81,500 cases
Built 1903 at Rodger's of Glasgow, Scotland, ALACRITA (and her duplicate radiant) was distinctive among the oil sailers in that she was a three-masted vessel, while all the others built to the company's own design we're four-masted barques. The distinction was not to her advantage, since she soon acquired the reputation of being "cranky".
Her fate is one of the mysteries of the sea. She was last seen as she left the tip of Africa bound across the South Indian Ocean for Hong Kong. She disappeared and was never heard of again. The most likely conjecture is that while sailing through the Roaring Forties she broached to, shifted her cargo and foundered. At the next yearly visit of a British cruiser to the Indian Ocean, special stops were made at the tiny uninhabited islands of New Amsterdam and St Paul, with the thought that she may have hit these islands or made for them after her accident. No trace of her men was found there - or anywhere else. The mystery other loss has never been solved.
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The Miramar Ship Index for "ALACRITA"
IDNo:
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1084627
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Year:
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1903
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Name:
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ALACRITA
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Launch Date:
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07.1903
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Type:
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ship
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Date of completion:
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Flag:
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NOR
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Keel:
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Tons:
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1979
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DWT:
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0
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Yard No:
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371
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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80.8
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Country of build:
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Beam:
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12.2
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Builder:
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Rodger
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Port Glasgow
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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sail
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Subsequent History:
[ possibly Launched as ORFORD ]
Disposal Data:
Missing - sailed Delagoa Bay, 04.08.1907 for Hong Kong
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Main Owner
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84627
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1084627
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1903
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ALACRITA
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1979
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J. Johanson & Co.
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