BRK ALONSO

1888 Built as iron hulled barque TINTO HILL by Russell & Co, Kingston Yard, Port Glasgow, Scotland for John Robert Dickson & Co. Launched on 26/07-1888. Delivered in August. Registered with Glasgow as home port. Flying British flag.
1904 Sold to J. M. Campbell & Son. Glasgow.,
1910 Purchased from Scotland, United Kingdom by A/S Bas (N. T. Nielsen Alonso), Sandefjord.
1911 Arrival Sandefjord in April as ALONSO for the first time. Until then, the biggest sailing ship ever arriving Sandefjord. She was transformed to a floating whaling factory. At the same time a major classification operation.
Functioned as whaling factory between 1911 and 1916.
Whaling from the Elephant Bay, Angola, West Africa with two catchers, the BAS (264 grt, built 1903) and BET (92 grt, built 1882). The season last from May to November. The license of whaling was for 5 years
1912 This year a new upgrading came along. Fixed tanks were installed, chopping knives, meat elevator and other necessary adjustments for a cost of NOK 64.377
The capacity of the fixed tanks was 5.000 bbl.
1913 For the season of 1913 a third catcher was hired.
1916 Taken out of the whaling and started regular trading.
1917 Continued as regular merchant ship all through the year.
1918 ALONSO left South Georgia 09/01 heading for the port of Geelong, Australia. Arrival Geelong 23/02 where she loaded wheat for USA. Arrival Philadelphia, USA on 24/07. Chartered for a new cargo from USA to Australia, but she was refused to the cargo until October as the probation of the cargo from the American Freight Board was not cleared. ALONSO left Philadelphia on 21/12 heading for Sidney, Australia after a long negotiation between American and British authorities and the Nordic Shipowner Association about a compensation for the delay. The charterer had to give a deposit of $15.000.
1919 Arrived Sydney 24/03-1919. It was then chartered with load of wheat for the USA, but the destination was changed to the UK and the freight to 170/-. Departed Sydney 22/05 and arrived Sharpness, UK 22/09.
After discharged, the ship underwent special survey no. 1. New freight then from Newport, Wales, UK to Buenos-Aires, Argentina with coal at sh 40/-.
While steaming out from Sharpness to Newport, the ship had the misfortune of running aground. Fortunately, however, without getting hurt. For that reason, it was docked for inspection in Newport before loading.
The ship sailed from Newport to Buenos-Aires, Argentine with its load of coal on 27/11.
1920 Passed Montevideo on 14/01 and arrived in Buenos-Aires on 15/01.
1924 Traveling from Scotland to Kristiania (Oslo) with coal and went aground 11/01 at Bliksund 3 miles east of Kristiansand. The salvage boats URÆDD and SPEIDER came to assist. ALONSO had a lot of rough weather on the trip across the North Sea. Had used 21 days so far.
1925 Did her last trip as cargo ship. Left the port of Spring, NSW and Australia with a load of grain on 24/04-1925.
Arrival Falmouth, England on 24/09-1925 after 153 days at sea. Discharged her cargo in Liverpool before proceeding to Sandefjord, Norway for layup.
1926 Renamed VEIERLAND in June, but never sailed under that name.
1927 Sold to breaking. Broken up at the end of 1927 in Denmark.