ID: 577 Name: Vijf Gebroeders
Inserted: 21.10.2011
Country of origin: Holland
Date: 19th century Construction Year: 1850
Sinking time: 22.11.1857 Propulsion: sailing ship
Address: Inland sea, Liivi laht
Purpose: merchant ship
Vessel type: koff
History: built in Wildervank
Story of Sinking: The Dutch ship (captain C. Holscher) in ballast wrecked at the coast of Saaremaa while on her way from Pärnu to Liepaja. The crew survived and rigging was salvaged. It was not possible to salvage the ship.
Object Data: carrying capacity 99 tons and 7 feet "deep" (tief ging)
Description of Location: Abruka
Archival Reference: EAA.625.1.511
Resource Links & Literature: G. N. Bouma, „Lijst van Nederlandse koopvaardijschepen, alsmede hun gezagvoerders en thuishavens, 1820-1900“, II, 1131; Nieuw Amsterdamsch handels- en effectenblad, 23.123.12.1857vländische Gouvernements-Zeitung, 30.1230.12.1857:dea.nlib.ee/fullview.php