The 'Peter Rickmers' was a steel hulled, four-masted ship, launched at the Kingston Yard of Russell & Company at Port Glasgow during September 1889. She was of 2,958 gross and 2,810 net register tons being 332 feet long x 44.4 feet breath x 25.2 feet deep. She was owned by R. C. Rickmers of Bremerhaven and met her fate in May 1908 when her cargo of cased oil caught fire off Long Island, New York and she became a total loss. Many thanks to Clyde Ships for the info above. [425]

During 1907 she sailed from Penarth with a cargo of 4,303 tons of coal and arrived in Singapore 95 days later. [1336] [499]