Chelmsford

A four-masted steel barque built in 1893 by Fairfield Shipbuilding Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 91,13×13,41×7,43 meters [299'0"×44'0"×24'5"] and tonnage 2347 GRT and 2197 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top- and topgallant sails.

1893 December: Launched at the shipyard of Fairfield Shipbuilding Co., Glasgow, for Briggs, Harvie & Co., Glasgow. The first master was Captain W.B. Thompson.
1897: Sold to Aitken, Lilburn & Co., Glasgow.
1902: Sold to F. Briggs & Co., Glasgow.
1909: Sold to G. Milne, Aberdeen, and renamed Inverlogie.
1917 March 9: Sunk on voyage from Cardiff to Archangelsk by German submarine 15 miles SSW of the Smalls in the St Georges Channel.

Updated 1996-07-07 by Lars Bruzelius.

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