Cape Clear

A four-masted steel barque built in 1892 by R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow, for A. Lyle & Sons, Greenock. Dimensions: 85,18x12,82x7,41 meters [279'6x42'1x24'4] and tonnage: 2129 GRT and 2017 NRT.

1892 May: Launched at the shipyard of R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow.
1894: Sailed from Calcutta to Beachy Head in 102 days.
1899: Sold to Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque, and renamed Amérique. Master of the ship was Captain Plusquelle.
1899 August 2: Sailed from Tyne for Valparaiso.
1899 September 22: Last spoken to south the Tierra Fuego.

Updated 1997-12-29 by Lars Bruzelius.

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