The Hamburg bark BOREAS was built by Andersen, in Apenrade, Schleswig (now Abenraa, Denmark), for the Hamburg firm of Hasted & Co, in 1854; Bielbrief 11 May 1854. 156 Commerzlasten; 125.3 x 25.1 x 17.4 Hamburg Fuß (1 Hamburg Fuß = .28657 meter), length x beam x depth of hold, zwischen den Steven.

Masters:
     1854-1860 - P. Jebsen
     1860-1863 - O. Nagel
     1864-1865 - J. Stufen

Voyages:
     1854-1856 - Melbourne/intermediate ports/Antofagasta
     1856-1860 - Melbourne/Batavia/intermediate ports/Bremerhaven
     1860-1861 - Melbourne/London
     1861-1865 - San Francisco/intermediate ports

On 11 December 1865, she was purchased by Aarstad, of Stavanger, Norway.

Source: Walter Kresse, ed., Seeschiffs-Verzeichnis der Hamburger Reedereien, 1824-1888, Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, N. F., Bd. 5 (Hamburg: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 1969), vol. 1, p. 216. The later history of the BOREAS is untraced, although it should be possible to do so through the published registers of Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian ship classification society equivalent to Lloyd's in London, which was founded in 1864, or through the ship registry records, if they survive, for the port of Stavanger.