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EBERHARD (1847) [Left] Model, c. 1850. 44 x 18,5 x 53 cm (length x width x height). Focke-Museum, Bremen, Inv.-Nr. 24.92, purchased in 1924 from G. F. Lang. Source: Johannes Lachs, Schiffe aus Bremen; Bilder und Modelle im Focke-Museum (Bremen: H. M. Hauschild, [1994]), p. 99, Tafel 73. To request a copy of this picture, contact the Focke-Museum. |
[Right] Oil painting on canvas, unsigned, undated (c. 1850-60). 57,5 x 80,5 cm. (height x width). Focke-Museum, Bremen, Inv.-Nr. 36,218, purchased in 1936 by the Verein von Freunden des Focke-Museums. Source: Johannes Lachs, op. cit., p. 98, Tafel 72. To request a copy of this picture, contact the Focke-Museum. |
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The Bremen bark EBERHARD was built at Vegesack/Grohn by Johann Lange, for the Bremen firm of Gebrüder Focke, and was launched on 20 November 1847. 275 Commerzlasten / 616 tons; 37,3 x 9,8 x 5,8 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). Masters of the EBERHARD were, in turn, Chr. Treviranus, C. F. Wiegmeyer (1852), Christian Geerken (1856), and, again, C. F. Wiegmeyer (1858). In 1862, the EBERHARD was sold to H. Houen, of Skien, Norway, and renamed SKIEN. In the 1880's, the vessel was registered to Niels P. Höyer, Skien. Lloyd's Wreck Returns for 1898 contains the following reference to her end:
Sailed from Brevig on 22nd March; wreckage belonging to vessel passed near Dudgeon Lightvessel on 31st March; no later news.
Source: Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), pp. 213-214, no. 195.
Voyages:
[01 Nov 1998]