Caption
4 masted full rigged steel ship, later a Barque, "Pinmore", built in 1882 at Glasgow by J Reid & Co for J Kerr & Co. She was captured off Rio De Janeiro in February 1917 by Count Felix von Luckner (who served his apprenticeship in her) who was commanding the German raider "Seeadler". She was sailed into Rio for provisions by the Germans and then the stores were transferred into "Seeadler" . Three days later "Pinmore" was sunk by a bomb on 19th February.
Tonnage: 2431 gross
Official Number: 81840
Dimensions: length 310', breadth 44', draught 24'
Port Of Registry: Greenock
Citation
CC-BY
Source
Port Adelaide Nautical Museum
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File reference
1965