title: Skjold (ship)
text: # Skjold (ship)
  
  The Skjold (or Skiold) was a Danish three-mast Barque, built in Sønderborg 1839, and displacing 460 tons. It was owned by C. Petersen, Sønderborg.
  
  ## Captains
  
  Hans Christian Claussen
  
  ## Voyages
  
  * Altona to Port Adelaide, South Australia - 3 July 1841 to 28 October 1841 with Prussian immigrants including Pastor Gotthard Fritzsche
  * Port Adelaide, South Australia to Batavia - departed 22 November 1841
  * Hamburg to Nelson, New Zealand - 21 April 1844 to 1 September 1844 with German immigrants.
  