Built as an iron full-rigged ship by R.G.Glover & Co. at Birkenhead, U.K. for the British well know owner T & J Brocklebank, Liverpool.
April 1869 launched under the name CHINSURA. Named after the town Chinsura in India on the Hugh River.
Tonnage 1.283 grt, 963/1.146 net, dim. 215.5 x 37.1 x 22.8ft. (draught).
Two decks.
21May 1868 sailed under command of Capt. Geo Fletcher for Calcutta; Capt. Frederick Lathom succeeded him till 1871.
She was a good sailer but not extremely fast, and did not break any record. Used by Brocklebank in the trade between the U.K. and Calcutta from 1866 till 1872
Under command of Capt. Francis Wise from 25 August 1871 to 04 March 1874, his last command, on arrival he was terminal ill only 49 years old. He died on 11 October 1875. Succeeded by Capt. William Roberts on 5 March 1874.
1877 She was under command of Capt. Jos. C. Joughlin.
1883 Sold to Hughes & Co, Liverpool, not renamed.
1893 (other source gives 1896) Sold to Fratelli (Bros.) P&O Olivari, Genoa, Italy and renamed LUCCO.
Tonnage under Italian flag given as 1.293 gross, Dim. 65.65 x 11.30 x 6.90m., draught 7.34m.
During bad weather in 1898 she was dismasted and after reaching port sold to Ang. Sice. Tjiang, Batavia, and after she was re-rigged renamed in NEST. Most probably same year resold to P.Landberg & Zoon, Batavia,.
1920 Sold to J.J.A. van Meel of Rotterdam, registered at Surabaya, Dutch East India, not renamed.
She was the last square-rigger under Dutch flag.
1921 Sold to the Polish Government, and refitted in a training vessel for the Polish Merchant Marine, by the yard of Gebr. v.d. Windt at Vlaardingen, Netherlands. A 4-cyl. two stroke Werkspoor diesel engine, 360 bhp., manufactured by D.Goedkoop, Amsterdam, built in. Her small exhaust pipe was fitted before the mizzen mast, and hardly visible.
Re-rigged in a bark.
Renamed LWOW.
20 July 1921 arrived in Gdansk, and sailed then to Gdynia, before making a training voyage on the Baltic.
1923 Under command of Capt. Tadeuz Ziolkowski, depict on the stamp, she made her first ocean voyage as training vessel from Poland to Brazil.
When The Polish Government bought the DAR POMORZA in 1929, the LWOW was paid off, and used as floating stationary training vessel at Gdingen.
Later used as a submarine depot ship, stripped of her mast and spars.
28 Sept. 1937 stricken from the navy list.
During World War II scrapped in the Netherlands. Outer source (more likely) gives scrapped in Gdynia in 1938
Her figurehead you can find in the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam.
On Poland 1980 2z sg 2685 sg 2685
Source: Sail Training and Cadet Ships by Harold A. Underhill. Log Book. Navicula. Some web-sites and Dutch books. From Cumberland to Cape Horn by D.Hollet. Info received from Mr. Alex Borgogno, his source was Dr. Spazzapan a maritime historian in Italy.