Fusi Yama

An iron barque built in 1865 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, as Yard No. 83. Dimensions: 165'5"×28'1"×17'1" and tonnage: 556 GRT, 556 NRT and ____ tons under deck.

1865 June 27: Launched at the shipyard of Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for Killick, Martin, Ritchie and partners, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____. Employed in the China tea trade. Captain George Frederick Thomson was given command of the vessel.
1865 September 5 - February 23: Sailed from London to Kanagawa in 171 days.
1868: Captain Mogens Christian Borup.
1870 January 20 - April 21: Sailed from Singapore to Boston, MA, in 91 days.
1870 July 28: Run down and sunk off the Lizard Point in the English Channel.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
MacGregor, David R.: The China Bird. The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986 (2nd rev.). 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-18 by Lars Bruzelius

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