PLEIONE / ELISABETH / ESWO / ALVINE HOMUTH / TAMARA XI

BUILT IN 1876 BY A STEPHENS & CO OF GLASGOW FOR SHAW SAVILL & CO. SHE WAS 1,139 TONS.

SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN C H RENAUT - CAPTAIN CHARLES H RENAUT FIRST WORKED ON HIS FATHERS SHIP AROUND 1848 TRADING TO NEW ZEALAND

HE WAS MASTER OF CELAENO FROM 1867 TO 1873 HE THEN WENT ON TO BECOME MASTER OF THE CRUSADER FROM 1874 TO 1876 AND THEN MASTER OF THE PLEIONE FROM 1876 TO 1887 

 ON A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO WELLINGTON PLEIONE WENT AGROUND ON WAIKANAE BEACH IN BAD WEATHER IN 1887. SHE WAS REFLOATED A FEW MONTHS LATER AND TOWED INTO WELLINGTON

IN 1899 SHE WAS SOLD BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION TO J EINERSEN OF GRINSTAD.

SHE WAS THEN SOLD TO A SUCCESSION OF HAMBURG BASED COMPANIES BEING SOLD AGAIN  IN 1913 TO HOLMBERG OF LUVIA.

 IN 1914 SHE WAS SEIZED BY THE GERMANS AND RE-NAMED ELISABETH.

IN 1918 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO G IPLAND OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

SHE WAS SOLD IN THE SAME YEAR TO ERST SCHLIEMAN OELWERKE OF HAMBURG AND RE-NAMED ESWO.

 IN 1919 SHE WAS SOLD TO ALFRED HOMUTH OF HAMBURG AND RE-NAMED ALVINE HOMUTH.

IN 1921 SHE WAS SOLD TO NORDISCHEN HANDDELSGESELLSCHAFT OF HAMBURG AND RE-NAMED TAMARA XI.

 IN 1922 SHE WAS WRECKED AT BRAHESTAD, FINLAND.