Paula (1876 barque)
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Paula was a barque built in 1876 in Hammelwarden, Germany.
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Paula: Artist Édouard Adam [fr] | |
History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Paula |
Owner | A Schiff & Co. |
Port of registry | Elsfleth |
Builder | Lüring Yard, Hammelwarden |
Launched | April 1876 |
Identification | |
Fate | Last listed 1890 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sailing ship |
Tons burthen | |
Length | 38.48 metres (126 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 8.31 metres (27 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 4.88 metres (16 ft 0 in) |
Depth | 4.95 metres (16 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Barque |
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She participated in a Deutsche Seewarte [de] experiment investigating ocean currents by means of distributing messages in bottles. A bottle dropped by Paula in the Indian Ocean in 1886 was discovered in January 2018 north of Wedge Island, Western Australia.