County of Caithness

A four-masted iron ship built in 1876 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 81,17×11,78×7,16 meters [266'4"×38'8"×23'6"] and tonnage 1715 GRT and 1636 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double top- and single topgallant sails.

1876 September: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for R. & J. Craig, Glasgow. The first master was Captain A. Miller.
1901: Dismasted at sea.
1902 February: Sold to A/S Sofie (M. Olsen), Porsgrund, Norway. Captain S.K. Andersen.
1914 July: Hulked at Olsen's depot at Fremantle, Australia.

Updated 1997-04-16 by Lars Bruzelius.

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