Parma (barque)

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Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Parma lee-side 1932 33.jpg
image_caption	Parma in 1932
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	*Arrow (1902-12)
owner	*Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, London (1902-12)
operator	*Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, London (1902-12)
registry	*United Kingdom London (1902-12)
builder	A Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow
yard_number	361
launched	April 1902
completed	April 1902
in_service	1902
out_of_service	Hulked 1936
identification	*Code Letters RBWN (1912-20, 21-31)
fate	Scrapped 1938
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage	*
length	327 ft
beam	46 ft
draught	28 ft
depth	26 ft
sail_plan	Barque
propulsion	sail
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Parma (1912-38) | owner =*Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, London (1902-12)
F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1912-20)
British Government (1920-21)
Belgian Government (1921)
F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1921-31)
De Cloux & Villiers, Mariehamn (1931-36)
Rederei A/B Parma U V Wennstrom, Mariehamn (1936-37)
Barnett Bros, London (1937-38) | operator =*Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, London (1902-12)
F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1912-20)
British Government (1920-21)
Association Maritime Belge (1921)
F. Laeisz, Hamburg (1921-31)
De Cloux & Villiers, Mariehamn (1931-36)
Rederei A/B Parma U V Wennstrom, Mariehamn (1936-37)
Barnett Bros, London (1937-38) | registry =*United Kingdom London (1902-12)
German Empire Hamburg (1912-19)
Weimar Republic Hamburg (1919-20)
United Kingdom London (1920-21)
Belgium Antwerp (1921)
Weimar Republic Hamburg (1921-31)
Finland Mariehamn (1931-37)
United Kingdom London (1937-38) | route = | ordered = | builder = A Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow | original_cost = | yard_number = 361 | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = April 1902 | completed = April 1902 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = 1902 | out_of_service = Hulked 1936 | identification =*Code Letters RBWN (1912-20, 21-31)
Code letters OHQQ (1931-36)
United Kingdom Official Number 115804 (1902-12, 20-21, 36-38)
Finnish Official Number 324 (1931-36) | fate = Scrapped 1938 | notes =

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5,300 DWT | displacement = | length = 327 ft | beam = 46 ft | height = | draught = 28 ft | draft = | depth = 26 ft | decks = | deck_clearance = | sail_plan = Barque | power = | propulsion = sail | speed = | capacity = | crew = | notes =

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Parma was a four-masted steel-hulled barque which was built in 1902 as Arrow for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London. In 1912 she was sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany. During the First World War she was interned in Chile, and postwar was assigned to the United Kingdom as war reparations. She was sold back to Laiesz in 1921. She was sold in 1931 to Ruben De Cloux & Alan Villiers of Mariehamn, Finland. Following an accident in 1936, she was sold and hulked at Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, for two years before being scrapped.

Description

Arrow was built by A Rodger & Co, Port Glasgow as yard number 361. She was 327 ft long, with a beam of 46 ft and a depth of 26 ft. She had four masts and was rigged as a barque, with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails. Arrow was completed in April 1902. She was a sister ship to Eclipse, which was completed two months later.

History

Arrow entered service with the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London, employed in the kerosene trade. At the outbreak of the First World War, Parma was interned at Iquique, Chile. In 1920, she was assigned to the United Kingdom as war reparations. In 1921, she was transferred to the Belgian Government, and placed under the management of Association Maritime Belge, Antwerp. On 8 November 1921, Parma was sold back to F Laeisz for £10,000 stg. She was again employed in the nitrate trade. In 1926, Parma sailed from Hamburg to Talcahuano, Chile in 86 days and in 1928 she sailed from Land's End to Talcahuano in 70 days.

In 1931, Parma was sold to Ruben De Cloux and Alan Villiers of Mariehamn, Finland for . She was employed in the wheat trade between Germany and Australia. In 1933, she sailed from Port Victoria to Falmouth in 83 days. This was the fastest ever achieved by a sailing ship.

On 1 July 1936, Parma collided with an observation tower at Princes Dock, Glasgow when a gust of wind caught her as she was docking. As a result of the collision, plates in her hull were sprung open by falling coping stones from the quayside. Parma was sold to Rederei A/B Parma U V Wennstrom, Mariehamn. She was stripped of her masts and rigging,

Captains

The captains of Parma were:-

Töpper (1924–26)
Holst (1926–27)
Rohwer (1928–29)
Brockhöft (1928–29)
Ruben de Cloux (1931–36)

Official Numbers and Code Letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO numbers. Parma was assigned the United Kingdom Official Number 115804, she was also assigned the Finnish Official Number 324.

Parma was assigned the Code Letters RBWN when she was under the German Flag,

References

"P-Z". Belgian ships.
"Arrow". Lars Bruzelius.
"LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VOILES". Plimsoll Ship Data.
"LLOYD'S REGISTER, SAILING VESSELS". Plimsoll Ship Data.
"Arrow". Oktett.
"Kurt". Oktett.
"ARROW(1902)". Clydesite.
"LLOYD'S REGISTER, SAILING VESSELS". Plimsoll Ship Data.
"LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VOILES". Plimsoll Ship Data.

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