A Bone and Wooden Scale Model of the Training Ship ''Joseph Conrad'', 20th century, in a glazed case titled Training Ship JOSEPH CONRAD EX GEORG STAGE 1882, 46cm wide See illustration Built in 1882 in Copenhagen as a training ship for Denmark's Merchant Service, originally named Georg Stage, she was purchased in 1934 and renamed the Joseph Conrad. Sailing from Harwich on October 22nd 1934 she arrived in New York on October 16th 1936 after a 58,000 mile around the world voyage