Dana (1919)

Dana was a four-masted motor schooner built for the Danish East Asiatic Company (EAK) and launched in 1919.[1] It was made available to the Danish marine biologist Johannes Schmidt, who used it for two expeditions to the Sargasso Sea in 1920-1921. The main goal of the expeditions, named the first and second Dana expeditions, was searching for the spawning grounds of the European eel.

Dana
History
Denmark
Name: Dana (I)
Owner: East Asiatic Company
Port of registry: Copenhagen
Builder: Nakskov, Denmark
Yard number: 8
In service: 1919
Out of service: 1924
Identification:
  • Call sign: NWMJ
  • IMO: 3007090
Sweden
Name: Carina
Owner: Lloyd-Lundstrøm
Port of registry: Helsingborg
In service: 1924
Out of service: 1932
Norway
Name: Carina
Owner: A/S Carina
Port of registry: Mandal, Norway
In service: 1932
Out of service: 1935
Italy
Name: Giuseppina V
Owner: Pietro Rosetti
Port of registry: Genoa
In service: 1935
Out of service: 1941
Fate: Sunk in bombardment of Tripoli
General characteristics
Type: Four-masted schooner
Tonnage: 362 BT / 238 NT
Length: 135 feet
Beam: 30 feet
Draught: 12.7 feet
Propulsion: 3 cyl. Tuxham Diesel, 200 hp, single propeller
Speed: 7 knots

The ship was returned to service in EAK after the expeditions and sold to Sweden in 1924, where it was renamed to Carina. Later sold to Italy (1934) and renamed Guiseppina V, it was lost 30 August 1941 during the bombing of Tripoli.[2]

Dana was succeeded by the research vessel Dana (II).

References

  1. "Dana (I) on jmarcussen.dk". 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  2. "Maritime and historic information". 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
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