County of Haddington

A four-masted iron ship built in 1878 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 85,64×12,21×7,33 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 Aberdeen of 1879.

1878 November: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for R. & J. Craig, Glasgow. The first master was Captain Scott. Used in the jute trade.
1901 February 2: Disappeared after having left New York for Shanghai.

References:

Four- and five masted ships, general references.
Scott, James: To Calcutta in the County of Haddington.
Sea Breezes Vol. 6 (1948), pp 268-273, ill.

Updated 1997-04-14 by Lars Bruzelius.

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