Schooner Leo - Lumparland, Aland Islands - Shipwrecks on Waymarking.com

[SWE] På Lumparsund kan man hitta många gamla skeppsvrak från olika århundraden. Skonaren Leo ligger fortfarande delvis ovanför havsytan. Det går en väg i närheten med parkeringsplats. Nästan därifrån kan du se vraket av det gamla segelfartyget. Leo var en riktig pengamaskin för sina ägare. Men bara på två däckades kom segelfartygens guldålder till sitt slut och Leo skulle skrotas. Olyckligtvis var Lumparsund för grunt och vi kan fortfarande se några delar av denna stora skonare. Galjonsfiguren från skonaren "Leo" finns nu på Ålands sjöfartsmuseum.

Leo skonertskepp 289 nrt

Byggd 1870 i Sideby Kilens varv, byggmästare Josef Jansson. Fartygsbygget tog endast 6 månader. Fartyget stod färdigt för avsegling den 20 juli. Som rederiets övervakare vid bygget var delägaren Carl Karlsson från Kallas. Han blev också fartygets första skeppare de två första åren. Leo ansågs vara ett lyckofartyg och kallades allmänt för Penningdraken. Huvudredarskapet växlade mellan Erik Petter Eriksson och Carl Karlsson för att från 1885 övergå till Erik August Eriksson.

Leo slopades 1898, vraket ligger i Lumparsund.


[EN] On Lumparsund strait you can find many old shipwrecks from different centuries. schooner Leo is still partly above sea surface. There goes road nearby with parkinglot. Almost from there you can see this wreck of the old sailship. Leo was real moneymaker for its owners. But just on two deckades, golden age of sailships came to end and Leo was going be scrapped. Unfortunatelly Lumparsund was too shallow and we can still see some parts of this great schooner. The figurehead of the schooner "Leo" is now in the Åland Maritime Museum. On parkinglot, there is large information board about Lumparsund and various wrecks on area. Including old painting about Leo.

Leo schooner 289 nrt

Built in 1870 in Sideby Kilen's shipyard, master builder Josef Jansson. The shipbuilding took only 6 months. The ship was ready to sail on 20 July. Carl Karlsson from Kallas was the shipping company's supervisor during construction. He also became the ship's first skipper for the first two years. Leo was considered a lucky ship and was generally referred to as the Money Dragon. The main editorship alternated between Erik Petter Eriksson and Carl Karlsson, and from 1885 it passed to Erik August Eriksson.

Leo was scrapped in 1898, the wreck is located in Lumparsund.

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Date of Shipwreck: 1898 Type of Boat: Sailboat Military or Civilian: Civilian Cause of Shipwreck: Scraped partially. Still seen above surface. Accessibility: Easily seen from shore. Parking nearby on the road. Diving Permitted: Not Listed

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