Routenbeck
 Official Number
69717

The Routenbeck was an iron barque built by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company at Whitehaven in April 1875. She was originally owned by J.Davidson & Son and was registered at Whitehaven, but then was bought in 1897 by G.M.Bushby, being renamed Bellas. By 1915 the vessel had been sold to Germany, then seized and interned in Canada. In 1921 the vessel was bought by Danish owners who renamed her Suzanne. The barque was broken-up in 1935.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Routenbeck
1875
930
208.5
32.4
19.6
3 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1887 gives the signal code as NTQS and names the master as Capt.J.Stitt.
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