The barque built at Port Glasgow, Scotland, UK and launched during April 1904 at the yard of William Hamilton & Co. being of 5,300 tons deadweight 3,116 gross tons the second of sister ships built for G. H. Siemens of Hamburg specifically for the nitrate trade. She was named the 'Kurt' - later renamed 'Moshulu when she was bought by Captain Gustav Erickson of Mariehamn in 1935. [296]