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Viljam Leonard Öman, Anna Karolina Beata Nyroos
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Wiljam was the captain of the Colin Achers and had his wife Anna with him on the voyage; both drowned in the collision.
Anna was 26 years old when the accident occurred.
Anna was 26 years old when the accident occurred.
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The Sinking
of the Barque Colin Archer The collision between the steamship Penelope and the barque Colin Archer occurred on the night of April 23
, 1911, off the coast of Varberg, 13 miles north of the Anholt lightship. The Colin Archer sank with all hands.
Thanks to Johan Fredrik Gadd’s keen observations and his dedication
to the Marine Insurance Association (the marine insurance company), the complicated collision case
could be unraveled.
The barque Colin Archer was built in Arendal, Norway, in 1880. The ship’s length was 156.6 feet, width 35.2 feet, and draft 17.3 feet. In 1902, Karl Emil Öhman of Turku, Finland, is listed as the owner, and the following year, 1903, T.G. Adolfsson, my maternal grandfather, is listed as the owner.
Titus Gottfrid Adolfsson (1862–1926) was the correspondent agent for the ships “Onni,” “Orient,” and “Colin Archer.” A correspondent agent handled the arrangements regarding the ships’ freight from port to port. My maternal grandfather was also a pilot elder at the Lohm pilot station. The pilot’s residence Östernäs is located on the islet of Lohm south of Korpo.
Accounts and other documents pertaining to these ships are currently held at the Maritime History Institute at Åbo Akademi University, This is thanks to my mother, Alfhild Forslin, who ensured that the documents were incorporated into the collections of the then Maritime Museum as early as the 1930s. The material comprises 11 archive boxes. The Maritime History Institute also holds so-called copybooks made of thin paper, which contained tracing paper copies of the original letters. The text on the thin paper is difficult to read and has in many cases almost faded away.Karl Emil Öhman’s brother, Viljam Leonard Öhman, was the captain of the Colin Archer on that fateful night in April 1911. The cause of the total disaster resulting from the collision naturally caused a great stir among shipowners in Turku. The steamship Penelope had left the scene of the accident without taking any notice of the Colin Archer’s fate.
The story was written by Gun Heranen in the newspaper Hembygden in 2011
of the Barque Colin Archer The collision between the steamship Penelope and the barque Colin Archer occurred on the night of April 23
, 1911, off the coast of Varberg, 13 miles north of the Anholt lightship. The Colin Archer sank with all hands.
Thanks to Johan Fredrik Gadd’s keen observations and his dedication
to the Marine Insurance Association (the marine insurance company), the complicated collision case
could be unraveled.
The barque Colin Archer was built in Arendal, Norway, in 1880. The ship’s length was 156.6 feet, width 35.2 feet, and draft 17.3 feet. In 1902, Karl Emil Öhman of Turku, Finland, is listed as the owner, and the following year, 1903, T.G. Adolfsson, my maternal grandfather, is listed as the owner.
Titus Gottfrid Adolfsson (1862–1926) was the correspondent agent for the ships “Onni,” “Orient,” and “Colin Archer.” A correspondent agent handled the arrangements regarding the ships’ freight from port to port. My maternal grandfather was also a pilot elder at the Lohm pilot station. The pilot’s residence Östernäs is located on the islet of Lohm south of Korpo.
Accounts and other documents pertaining to these ships are currently held at the Maritime History Institute at Åbo Akademi University, This is thanks to my mother, Alfhild Forslin, who ensured that the documents were incorporated into the collections of the then Maritime Museum as early as the 1930s. The material comprises 11 archive boxes. The Maritime History Institute also holds so-called copybooks made of thin paper, which contained tracing paper copies of the original letters. The text on the thin paper is difficult to read and has in many cases almost faded away.Karl Emil Öhman’s brother, Viljam Leonard Öhman, was the captain of the Colin Archer on that fateful night in April 1911. The cause of the total disaster resulting from the collision naturally caused a great stir among shipowners in Turku. The steamship Penelope had left the scene of the accident without taking any notice of the Colin Archer’s fate.
The story was written by Gun Heranen in the newspaper Hembygden in 2011
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