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The ship was built by Samuel Owen of Stockholm in 1841 as the <i>Samuel Owen</i>. Changed hands a number of times until 1844, when she was sold to owners in Norrköping and renamed as the <i>l'Aigle</i>. In 1849 sold to  Malmö Ångbåts A/B and named the <i>Öresund</i>. In 1850 bought by the Danish state and renamed to <i>Øresund</i>. In 1853 sold to H.P. Prior of Copenhagen. Name changed to <i>Lille Belt</i> in 1854 and to <i>Ceres</i> in 1856. Sold to Russian owners in 1858. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jmarcussen.dk/maritim/skibsliste/side.php?id=11907">jmarcussen.dk (in Danish)</a></div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Anton_Melbye" class="extiw" title="w:en:Anton Melbye"><span title="Danish artist (1818-1875)">Anton Melbye</span></a>
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