The “Alster” was a barque. The shipowner Messrs. Godeffroy of Hamburg, had bought her in 1852 from an Austrian owner, the former name was “Amor Fraterno”. The ship was built in 1846 at Venice. Captain C.J.S. Bruhn was the ‘master in the tie’ 1860 – 1863.
He sailed the ship 1860/1862 to Cape Town/Adelaide/Melbourne/Sydney/another harbour/ London and in 1862/1863 the ship went to Algoa/Sydney/London. In 1863 the ship sailed under Captain C.P. Hansen to Moreton Bay/another harbour/Apia and on the next journey the ship got lost in Apia, Samoa, in January 1865. The west coast of Samoa is especially prone to cyclonic storms during summer months.
