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Soon after his 30th birthday Captain Schjonemann fulfilled a life-long ambition when he became part-owner and master of a three-masted schooner, a steel barque called the South American. The vessel traded around the world; wool from Australia, timber from the Baltic, sugar from Mauritius and the West Indies, fruit from the Mediterranean

Captain Schjonemann's Ship
This oil painting of the 'South American' hangs in the Captians Quaters.

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