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Photo Title:	"Kobenhavn"
Description:	Photo taken in West Float Sept 1927 while she was decharging wheat from Australia.
Image No.:	PF-343.0411
Image Location:	munn-godden/pf343_0411.jpg
Date of Creation:	September 1927
Physical Description:	1 post card : b&w ; 8 X 13 cm
Biography/Admin History:	The five-masted sailing ship "Kobenhavn", gross tonnage 3965, was built 1921 at Leith, Scotland by Ramage & Fergusson for the East Asiatic Company of Denmark. Used primarily as a training vessel, it was at that time the largest sailing ship in the world. Its figurehead was a carving of Absalon, a prominent Danish Archbishop. The "Kobenhavn" was also periodically engaged in the international cargo trade, and, on one such voyage from Buenos Aries to Australia in 1928, the vessel was lost with its crew. It was last heard from of December 21 that year, and no wreck or remains were ever found, fueling much investigation into, and speculation about, what had occurred.
Custodial History:	The photographs were owned by Norma Godden, formerly of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland
Collector:	Norma Godden
Source Donor:	Norma Godden
Collection Title:	Munn-Godden Collection
Restrictions on Access:	Copyright expired
Copyright:	p
Subjects:	Kobenhavn (Ship).