Placilla (ship)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Four-masted bark PLACILLA along with other sailing vessels and steamships at the Northwestern Inprovement Co dock, Tacoma (HESTER 126).jpeg | Ship caption = 4 masts }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = |Ship country=German Empire |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|German Empire|cival}} | Ship name =*Placilla (1892-1903)
| Ship owner =*F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1892-1901)
| Ship operator = | Ship registry = {{flagicon|German Empire}} Hamburg (1892-1905) | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Joh. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 22 February 1892 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = 1892 | Ship out of service = 18 January 1905 | Ship identification =*Code Letters RJLM
| Ship fate = Ran aground 18 January 1905 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship tonnage =*{{GRT|2,895}}
| Ship displacement = | Ship length =*{{convert|113.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall
| Ship beam = {{convert|13.58|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = {{convert|52.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (tallest mast height over waterline) | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = {{convert|8.04|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = Barque | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = {{convert|3700|sqm|sqft}} sails | Ship speed = | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes = }} |
Placilla was a four-masted barque which was built for F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany in 1892. She was sold in 1901 and renamed Optima in 1903. In 1905 she was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands.
Description
Placilla was built by Joh. C. Tecklenborg in Geestemünde, Germany. She was {{convert|113.00|m|ftin}} long overall,{{cite web |url=http://werften.fischtown.de/archiv/placilla.htm |title=Placilla |publisher=Werften und Stadtgeschichte Bremerhavens |language=German |accessdate=26 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526155608/http://werften.fischtown.de/archiv/placilla.htm |archivedate=26 May 2010 }} with a beam of {{convert|13.58|m|ftin}} and a depth of {{convert|13.58|m|ftin}}. She had four masts and was rigged as a barque, with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.{{cite web|url=http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Placilla%281892%29.html |title=Placilla |publisher=Lars Bruzelius |accessdate=26 January 2010}} Her air draught was {{convert|52.50|m|ftin}}. Her sail area was {{convert|3500|sqm|sqft}}. Placilla was a sister ship to Pisagua, which was launched seven months later than she was.
History
Placilla entered service with F Laeisz, Hamburg in 1892. She was used on the route between Germany and Chile. In 1892, Placilla made the voyage from Lizard Point to Valparaiso, Chile in 58 days. This was a record time. It was equalled by Potosi (1900), Pitlochry (1902), Preußen (1903), Eldora (1904) and Preußen (1905).{{cite web|url=http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Pitlochry%281894%29.html |title=Pitlochry |publisher=Lars Bruzelius |accessdate=26 January 2010}} She recorded a fastest voyage from Iquique, Chile to the English Channel of 71 days and a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to The Lizard in 78 days. In 1901 she was sold to Rhederei AG von 1896, Hamburg. She was renamed Optima in 1903. On 6 January 1905, she departed Hamburg bound for Santa Rosalía, Mexico with a cargo of coke. On 18 January 1905, she ran aground on the misty Haisborough Sands after a storm in the North Sea, off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. All of the crew survived.
Captains
Code Letters
Placilla was assigned the Code Letters RJLM.
References
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External links
- [http://www.agenziabozzo.it/vecchie_navi/A-Vecchie_Vele/A-690_nave_a_palo_PLACILLA_Tecklemborg_1892_OPTIMA_banchina_Tacoma.htm Photo of Placilla]
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Category:Ships built in Hamburg
Category:Merchant ships of the German Empire
Category:Tall ships of the German Empire
Category:Maritime incidents in 1905