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POTOSI
Five-masted German ship
Potosi was a 366-foot, 59,770 sq. feet sail, five-masted full-rigged ship
built in 1895 by John C. Tecklenburg. Equipped with
a patented brace winches for the lower, top-sail
yards and a patent for the fall winches, she was
able to take 6,000 tons of cargo. She sailed on the
South American nitrate trade until the outbreak of
World War I and proved herself very profitable.
On the 18th of June
1899 the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, who showed a keen
interest in naval matters, visited the F. Laeisz
company and was shown around the five-masted barque
Potosi by the legendary Captain Hilgendorf. At the
end of the tour the Kaiser turned to Carl Laeisz and
asked: "Na, Laeisz, wann kommt denn nun das
Fünfmastvollschiff?"
In 1920, Germany’s
best cargo ship was handed over to the French as war
compensation. Soon thereafter it was sold to Soffia
Gonzales & Co. and renamed Flora. In 1925, the great
ship sunk after her cargo of coal had caught fire.
37" long x 24" tall $600
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