One hundred and forty-three years ago today on October 27th, 1877, the three-masted iron-hulled merchant sailing ship Elissa was launched in Aberdeen, Scotland. She is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. In honor of her birthday, here is a repost of a video by Mike Headley of the Elissa on her yearly sail.
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From 1897 till 1912 she belonged to a shipwowner in our town, Larvik, Norway.
I am a norwegian local maritime historian interested in S
ailing ships and whaling in the Antarctic.’
Would like to come in contact with the Administration of the Elissa.