Dijmphna

Dijmphna was as schooner-rigged steamship, built in 1871 in Sweden and named Linköping. During her first years Linköping sailed as a merchant in the North Sea and the Baltic but was sold in 1882 to the wealthy coffee trader and businessman in Copenhagen. The ship was renamed Dijmphna in memory of Gamèl's mother, , reinforced for sailing in ice and equipped as polar expedition vessel, all paid for by Gamèl.

Dijmphna

Dijmphna was as schooner-rigged steamship, built in 1871 in Sweden and named Linköping. During her first years Linköping sailed as a merchant in the North Sea and the Baltic but was sold in 1882 to the wealthy coffee trader and businessman in Copenhagen. The ship was renamed Dijmphna in memory of Gamèl's mother, , reinforced for sailing in ice and equipped as polar expedition vessel, all paid for by Gamèl.