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The Phos was a full-rigged steel ship built in Germany in 1893 by Oderwerke Stettiner A.G. for Eugène Collett & Co. of Christiania (Oslo). She was rigged with a spike bowsprit, and her three masts carried double topsails, single topgallant sails and royals.
Built at the very peak of the 1890s boom in steel sailing-ship construction, she was sold to Swedish owners in 1903. Only two years later she was snapped up by the ever-expanding German shipping industry in Hamburg. It was during these years that the famous 3,000-tonne steel four-masted barques were built and run by the Germans, principally from the port of Hamburg in the nitrate trade. The Phos, ship-rigged and with a tonnage of only 1,652, is testament to the less well-known but equally crucial trade carried out by smaller ships. Having changed hands again, but this time staying in Hamburg, she was re-named the Nordsee and made her mark by sailing from Lizard Point to Geelong, Victoria in 76 days. She then made several passages between Australia and South America with brief visits to Honolulu, Lobos de Afuera, Portland and England. In 1910 she was sold back to the Norwegians, and changed hands again in 1915 when she was renamed Fjong. She was sold one last time in 1922 before being broken up in 1925. Built in a period when commercial sail had long ceased to compete for speed, she is particularly interesting for the fine lines of her hull, and is reported to have sailed from Tönning, Germany to Melbourne in only 73 days.
Built at the very peak of the 1890s boom in steel sailing-ship construction, she was sold to Swedish owners in 1903. Only two years later she was snapped up by the ever-expanding German shipping industry in Hamburg. It was during these years that the famous 3,000-tonne steel four-masted barques were built and run by the Germans, principally from the port of Hamburg in the nitrate trade. The Phos, ship-rigged and with a tonnage of only 1,652, is testament to the less well-known but equally crucial trade carried out by smaller ships. Having changed hands again, but this time staying in Hamburg, she was re-named the Nordsee and made her mark by sailing from Lizard Point to Geelong, Victoria in 76 days. She then made several passages between Australia and South America with brief visits to Honolulu, Lobos de Afuera, Portland and England. In 1910 she was sold back to the Norwegians, and changed hands again in 1915 when she was renamed Fjong. She was sold one last time in 1922 before being broken up in 1925. Built in a period when commercial sail had long ceased to compete for speed, she is particularly interesting for the fine lines of her hull, and is reported to have sailed from Tönning, Germany to Melbourne in only 73 days.