Moshulu

She is in fact the one and only restaurant venue on a Tall Ship today in the World, moshulu.

Originally named Kurt after Dr. Kurt Siemers, director general and president of the Hamburg shipping company G. Constructed for G. She was first renamed Dreadnought "one who fears nothing" , then, because there was already a sailing ship of that name registered in the US, she was renamed the Moshulu which had the same meaning in the Seneca language by the First Lady of the United States and wife of President Woodrow Wilson, Edith Wilson. Between and , Moshulu was owned by the U.

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On 14 Marchwhen the contract was signed, Captain Gunnar Boman took over the ship and sailed it to Port Victoria, moshulu. The ship's hull was sold to Moshulu Sommerfeldt of Oslo, moshulu. Originally named Kurt after Dr.

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Get your daily rundown of Philly happenings in less than 10 minutes. A gigantic cargo ship once crowned the fastest in the world and then gutted by Nazi pirates is now a venue for Philadelphians to drink and have parties. Docked in the Delaware River just south of Spruce Street, the Moshulu is a year-old seafaring vessel that traveled the world for decades to transport grain, coal, coke and nitrate, among other heavy goods. On and off since , the ship has been incarnated as an upscale bar, restaurant, club and event venue — a rare fate for a boat of its size. The Moshulu, which will launch a brand new bar and lounge in mid-September, is something of a local legend. Born in Scotland in , the ship was first named Kurt — and at that time, it was state of the art. The waterborne chariot has changed hands a few times since its creation. In , during World War I, the U.

Moshulu

Originally named Kurt after Dr. Kurt Siemers, director general and president of the Hamburg shipping company G. Constructed for G. She was first renamed Dreadnought "one who fears nothing" , then, because there was already a sailing ship of that name registered in the US, she was renamed the Moshulu which had the same meaning in the Seneca language by the First Lady of the United States and wife of President Woodrow Wilson, Edith Wilson. Between and , Moshulu was owned by the U. From to , Moshulu was in various private hands based in San Francisco. From to , it was owned by the Moshulu Navigation Co. The big four-masted barque ran in the timber trade along the U. After her last timber run to Melbourne and Geelong , Australia, in , she was laid up in Los Angeles ; later on, she was kept in places in or near Seattle , Washington : Lake Union , Winslow on Puget Sound , and Esquimalt in British Columbia , Canada nautical miles km north west of Seattle. On 14 March , when the contract was signed, Captain Gunnar Boman took over the ship and sailed it to Port Victoria.

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Sailing ship built in The ship's hull was sold to Trygve Sommerfeldt of Oslo. On 14 March , when the contract was signed, Captain Gunnar Boman took over the ship and sailed it to Port Victoria. Between and , Moshulu was owned by the U. Re-named the Moshulu by Mrs. The big four-masted barque ran in the timber trade along the U. It was at the small and picturesque bay of Natali, Finland that Capt. Another barque of Erickson, the Olivebank was sunk in a German minefield with her Captain and 13 crew. Shorn of masts and rig, these being destroyed by a bombardment, she broke her moorings and capsized in a gale near a beach close to shore off Narvik in , only to be refloated and put into early retirement. Opening In as a restaurant, the Moshulu closed in after being damaged by a four-alarm fire. Contents move to sidebar hide. During the period of Erikson ownership the working language of the ship was Swedish, even though it sailed under the Finnish flag. She was then purchased by the Finnish State Granary in for 3, tons of Russian rye, only to become a grain storage hulk in Finland. H Siemers Co. With her impressive dimensions of ft.

She is in fact the one and only restaurant venue on a Tall Ship today in the World.

Snyder Jr. Download as PDF Printable version. Moshulu was made famous by the books of Eric Newby. Following several successful voyages to Australia and the Philippines with steel, lumber and cased gasoline and returning with hemp, sugar, copra, and coconut oil, the Moshulu was acquired by the Charles Nelson Co. With her impressive dimensions of ft. In an American Port, the U. Tools Tools. Wikimedia Commons. Clyde-built tall ships still afloat. Read Edit View history. Originally named Kurt after Dr. The title of the former book refers to the last grain race before the outbreak of World War II. A few months later, the ship was transferred to Sweden to be used as a grain store in Stockholm from to Moshulu at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia.