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The Bremen bark DORETTE was built at Vegesack by Hermann Friedrich Ulrichs, for the Bremen firm of Carl Pokrantz & Co, and was launched on 3 November 1855. 242 Commerzlasten / 503 tons register; 40,5 x 9,0 x 5,1 meters (length x beam x depth of hold); International Signal Code: QBLS. Her captains were: Joh. Grabau, Vegesack; Joh. Hinr. Gätjen, Bremen (1860); Cord Gustavus, Vegesack (1861); B. Schumacher, Bremen (1863); Lüder Schulken, Bremen (1864). The vessel was primarily engaged in the trans-Atlantic freight and passenger service. In 1870, the DORETTE was sold to Norwegian, H. Chr. Grön, of Lunden, who renamed her NORDSTJERNEN. In 1880, she was acquired by L. G. S. Larsen, of Hauan (Sandefjord).
In 1904, after a career of 48 years, the NORDSTJERNEN ex DORETTE was condemned in Lisbon, and was sold for scrapping.
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