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'''''Paula''''' was a [[barque]] built in 1876 in Hammelwarden, [[German Empire|Germany]]. On a voyage in |
'''''Paula''''' was a [[barque]] built in 1876 in Hammelwarden, [[German Empire|Germany]]. On a voyage in 1886, she dropped a [[message in a bottle]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] as part of an experiment by the ''{{ill|Deutsche Seewarte|de}}'' determining ocean currents. The bottle was discovered in January 2018 north of [[Wedge Island (Western Australia)|Wedge Island]], [[Western Australia]]. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Revision as of 18:54, 6 March 2018
| History | |
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 Germany | |
| Name | Paula |
| Owner | A Schiff & Co. |
| Port of registry | Elsfleth |
| Builder | Lüring Yard, Hammelwarden |
| Launched | April 1876 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sailing ship |
| Tons burthen | |
| Length | 38.48 metres (126 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 8.31 metres (27 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.88 metres (16 ft 0 in) |
| Depth | 4.95 metres (16 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Barque |
Paula was a barque built in 1876 in Hammelwarden, Germany. On a voyage in 1886, she dropped a message in a bottle in the Indian Ocean as part of an experiment by the Deutsche Seewarte determining ocean currents. The bottle was discovered in January 2018 north of Wedge Island, Western Australia.
Description
Paula was 38.48 metres (126 ft 3 in) long with a beam of 8.31 metres (27 ft 3 in). She had a depth of 4.95 metres (16 ft 3 in) and a draught of 4.88 metres (16 ft 0 in).[1] She was assessed at 51556⁄94 tons bom,[2] 533 GRT.[1] She was rigged as a barque.[2]
History
Paula was built in April 1876 at the Lüring Yard, Hammelwarden, Germany for A Schiff & Co.[1] The Code Letters NFKG and German Official Number 1477 were allocated. Her port of registry was Elsfleth.[2]
On 12 June 1886, a message in a bottle was dropped from Paula during a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Macassar, Netherlands East Indies. The bottle was dropped in the Indian Ocean at 32°49′S 105°25′E / 32.817°S 105.417°E. On 21 January 2018, the bottle was discovered north of Wedge Island, Western Australia. The finders contacted the Western Australian Museum who investigated the discovery. They reported that the bottle had been dropped as part of an experiment by the Deutsche Seewarte to determine ocean currents.[3] The bottle and its message were analysed and found to be authentic to the period. The hand-made bottle had originally contained jenever and had come from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. The previous discovery of a bottle from the programme had been in January 1934 in Denmark.[2]
Paula was last listed in the shipping registers in 1890.[4] She was not listed in 1891.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Barques - P". The New York Marine Register. New York: Amerian Lloyd's Register. 1876.
- ^ a b c d Anderson, Ross; Porr, Christine. "Diese Flasche wurde űber Bord geworfen: a message in a bottle from the German barque Paula (1886) discovered at Wedge Island, Western Australia" (PDF). Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ "132 year old message in a bottle found on WA beach". Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ "P". Record of American and Foreign Shipping. New York: American Lloyd's Register. 1890.
- ^ "P". Record of American and Foreign Shipping. New York: American Lloyd's Register. 1891.