Naval Architecture — pirates-king: Pirates’ King Af Chapman: The...

Pirates’ King



Af Chapman:

The ship was constructed by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company, located
in Whitehaven, Cumberland (present-day Cumbria), and launched in
February 1888.[2] She was originally known as Dunboyne, after a town in
County Meath, Ireland. Her maiden voyage was from Maryport, Cumberland
to Portland, Oregon and she subsequently made voyages between Europe,
Australia and the west coast of North America. On her arrival in Sweden
in 1915 she was renamed G.D. Kennedy and when the Swedish Navy bought
her in 1923 she was given her present name after the shipbuilder and
Vice Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721–1808). The Navy used her as
a training ship and as such she made several trips around the world
before serving as a barracks during WW2. Her final voyage was in 1934.



Pirates’ King

Naval Architecture — pirates-king: Pirates’ King Af Chapman: The...