County of Aberdeen

A four-masted iron ship built in 1879 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 85,64×12,29×7,33 meters [281'0"×40'4"×24'1"] and tonnage 1943 GRT and 1865 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double top- and single topgallant sails. Sister ship to the same owner's fourmasted ships County of Selkirk of 1878 and County of Haddington also of 1878.

1879 March: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for R.J. Craig, Glasgow. The first master was Captain Drummond. Originally used in the jute trade.
1884 December 21: Left Cardiff for Bombay. Declared wrecked after having disappeared.

Updated 1996-07-12 by Lars Bruzelius.

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