Andrina

A four-masted iron ship built in 1886 by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton. Dimensions 97,68×13,02×7,53 meters [320'6"×42'9"×24'9"] and tonnage: 2699 GRT and 2636 NRT.

1886 February: Launched at the shipyard of Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, for G.W. Roberts, Liverpool.
1887: Sold to E.F. & W. Roberts, Liverpool.
1892: Listed by Lloyd's Register as a four-masted barque.
1897 May 14 - September 16: Sailed from Port Townsend to London in 125 days.
1899 May 10: Stranded at Policarpo, Tierra del Fuego, where the ship was to remain for twenty years.
1918: Sold to Soc. G.C. Menedez, Valparaiso which company salvaged the ship and renamed her the Alejandrina.
1919 July: Ready for sea after repairs but there was no demand for sailing ships after the end of the war and made only one trip to London.
1921: Sold to Comp. Chilena de Navigatcion Interoceania, Punta Arenas, and converted to a lighter.
c1945: Broken up.

Updated 1997-12-30 by Lars Bruzelius.

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