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Three-masted barque ROBERTSFORS, 718 net.reg.ton, built in 1883 in Sikeå. In Åland ownership 1907-1916, domicile Lemland. Corr. owners W. Holmberg, Sev. Dimensions: L 53.3 m, B 10.45 m, D 5.75 m. Collided with an iceberg in May 1907 at Newfoundland. Able to load after temporary repairs, the ship docked in Stockholm in the spring of 1908. After a cargo voyage from Canada in 1915, the "Robertsfors" was repaired in Moss and sailed with pitprops from Drammen on February 20, 1916. Wrecked four days later at the entrance to W. Hartlepool, master Th. Lindblom, who the year before had acquired the main share in the ship. Axel Granlund sailed as a young man on the "Robertsfors" 8 months 21 days, 03.05.1912 - 24.01.1913.