Andromeda

A four-masted steel barque built in 1890 by R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions 82,67×12,91×7,16 meters [271'3"×40'0"×23'6"] and tonnage 1928 GRT and 1822 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top- and single topgallant sails.

1890 May: Launched at the shipyard of R. Duncan & Co., for G.F. Smith, Glasgow. Captain F.G. Andrews.
1901: Sold to Black, Moore & Co., London. Captain J. Fulton.
1915 February 12: Stranded at Porthcatho, Cornwall, on voyage from Tacoma with a cargo of wheat.

Updated 1996-05-26 by Lars Bruzelius.

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