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The ''Iserbrook'' was a general cargo and passenger brig built in 1853 at Hamburg (Germany) for ''Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn''. It spent over twenty years as an immigrant and general cargo vessel, transporting passengers from Hamburg to South Africa, Australia and Chile, as well as servicing its owner’s business in the Pacific. Later on, the vessel came into Australian possession and continued sailing for the Pacific trade. In 1878 it caught fire and was sunk the same year. At last, it was re-floated and used as a transport barge and hulk in Sydney until it sunk again and finally was blown up. ==Construction and Description== The vessel was built for the Hamburg trading company ''Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn''. At the time, the enterprise was operated by Johan César VI. Godeffroy who had large trading interests in the Pacific, focussing mainly on Copra, Coconut oil and luxuries like pearlshell. In the 1850s and 60s, the company was also strongly associated with emigration from Germany to Australia, especially to Adelaide and Brisbane. In its original Hamburg registration (Bielbrief), the ''Iserbrook'' was described as being a "Brigg". As base measurements were given: * Ship length (at keel) = 105.00 Hamburgh ft (30.03 m) * Ship beam = 22.11 Hamburgh ft (6.32 m) * Ship height (abdominal plank to deck) = 13.70 Hamburgh ft (3.92 m) * Ship tonnage = 90.00 Hamburgh Kommerzlasten (270 t)〔Quoted from: Walter Kresse, ''Seeschiff-Verzeichnis der Hamburger Reedereien 1824–1888'', Part I, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg 1969, p 169.〕 According to its 1874 Australian registration the ship ran as a wooden framed carvel brig with two masts, one and a half decks and a square stern. Its base measurements according to this source were: * Ship length = * Ship beam = * Ship height = * Ship tonnage = 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iserbrook (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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