Anonymous Holsatia,
ca. 1875
The auxiliary steamer HOLSATIA (I) of 3134 tons
gross and 1847 tons net was built in 1868 by Caird & Co. of
Greenock, Scotland for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). Her main dimensions
were: 339.6 ft (103.5 m) length x 140.6 ft (2.3 m) breadth. With her
steam engine of 2268 HP she could reach a speed of 12 knots. The
steamer was equipped for 90 first class, 130 second class and 520
steerage passengers.
The HOLSATIA was employed as a
passenger ship in the
Hamburg-New York Service until 1878 when she was sold to the Russian
Volunteer Fleet in St. Petersburg and renamed ROSSIJA. In 1894 she
was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet as the DNJESTER. In 1910 she
was made a hulk, renamed BLOKSHIF N5, and in 1916 scuttled to block
the harbour entrance of the Turkish port of Trabzon (Trebizond).
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Many
sea captains commissioned personalized portraits of their
ships such as this during the past two centuries, giving rise to a genre called Kapitänsbilder
("captain's portraits"). The
maritime artists who created these paintings required an
in-depth knowledge of seamanship in order to depict the
rigging and other details of the ships with absolute accuracy
in order to
satisfy their seafaring clients.
Source:
Chronik der Seefahrt - Sammlung alter
Segelschiffsdarstellungen Kalender 2009 (Chronicle of
Seafaring - A collection of old sailing ship depictions).
Published by Edition
Maritim GmbH, Hamburg and available through amazon.de.
To view a short article about these fine calendars, click here.
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