The Archive · 1908

MAMMOTH SAILER

The fall-rigged, five-masted ship Preussen, Capt. Peterson, the largest sailer that ever visited Japan, arrived Yokohama on the 16th instant, after a splendid passage of 112 day from New York. Her speed at times exceed ed 300 miles per day, her average being 103 knots per hour. She carries crew of 47 men, including three officers. She of Hamburg, and Standard Oil Ca, of carried 194,000 cases one are as follows tonnage ngth over all, 133) metres, length of water-line, 108 metres; breadth, 164 metres; depth, keel deck, 10} metres; draft when ed, 8 metres and 23 centimetres. The vessel is constructed of steel and was ty doh. C. Tecklenburg, A.C. at Gees munda, Germany.

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