County of Edinburgh

A four-masted iron and steel barque built in 1885 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 87,01×12,92×7.38 meters [285'6"×42'5"×24'3], tonnage: 2117 GRT and 1903 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double top- and single topgallant sails.

1885 June: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for R. & J. Craig, Glasgow. To be used in the Indian jute trade. The first master of the ship was Captain F.W.J. Tode.
1885: Sailed from Cardiff to Bombay in 92 days.
1885: Sailed from Calcutta with a cargo of jute to Dundee in 123 days.
1887-1888: Sailed from Calcutta to London with a cargo of jute in 106 days. Captain W. Hood assumed the command.
1890: Sailed from Lamlash to Calcutta in 91 days.
1899 September 16 — November 6: Sailed from Penarth to Capetown in 51 days.
1900 February 12: Grounded at Point Pleasant Beach, NJ.
1900 April 13 — July 21: Sailed from New York to Shanghai in 97 days.
1900 July 26 — August 13: Sailed from Shanghai to Yokohama in 18 days.
1900 September 10 — October 8: Sailed from Yokohama to Portland, Oregon, on 28 days.
1900 November 5 — March 20: Sailed from Portland, OR, to Falmouth in 135 days.
1901 June 7 — July 27: Sailed from Cardiff to Capetown in 50 days.
1901 October 15 — December 9: Sailed from Capetown to New York in 55 days.
1902 January 18 — June 6: Sailed from New York to Shanghai in 139 days.
1903 March: Arrived at Hamburg, 126 days out from Tocopilla. Sold to the Germans and re-rigged as afourmasted barque according to Lubbock.
1904: Sold to A. Witte, Bremen, and renamed Frieda.
1914: Sold to Mathias Lundquist, Mariehamn, Åland.
1916 November 7: Wrecked at South Rock, County Down, Ireland, en route Mobile, AL, — Glasgow.

Updated 1996-09-19 by Lars Bruzelius

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