Elissa
Iron Barque
Built: Aberdeen, 1877.
Builder: Alexander Hall & Co Ltd. (yard no 294)
Length on deck: 149.5 Feet.
Spared length: 205 Feet.
Molded depth: 16 Feet.
Beam: 28 Feet.
Gross tonnage: 411 tons.
Sails: 19 (12,000 square feet)
Hull plates and frames: Lormore
iron.
(except where renewed in welded steel)
Fore and Main mast, lower yards and
bowsprit: Welded steel.
Main yard: 58 feet long.
Decks, upper yards and masts:
Douglas fir.
Interior: Birdseye maple and teak.
Bright-work and pinrails: teak.
Mainmast: 100 feet above deck.
Ballast: 220 tons.
Engine installed: 1986, GM V12-92,
450 hp, Diesel.
(Original engine, 1918)
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Elissa's Log: 1877 ~
1897
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Elissa's name changes over the years
Elissa 1877 - Great Britain
Fjeld 1897 - Norway
Gustaf 1918 - Finland
Gustaf 1930 - Sweden
Christophoros 1966 - Greece
Achaeos 1967 -
Greece
Pioneer 1969 - Greece
Elissa 1982 - United States
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