County of Selkirk

A four-masted iron ship built in 1878 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 85,64×12,29×7,33 meters [281'0"×20'4"×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 Haddington of 1878 and County of Aberdeen of 1879.

1878 October: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for R. & J. Craig, Glasgow. The first master was Captain J. Dysdale. Used in the Indian jute trade.
1883: Sailed from Bombay to Calcutta in 13 days.
1884: Sailed from Bombay to Calcutta in 15 days.
1885-1891: Captain Alex. Stewart.
1885: Sailed from Cardiff to Bombay in 78 days.
1885: Sailed from Bombay to Calcutta in 13 days.
1887 December 31 — April 16: Sailed from Calcutta with a cargo of jute to Dundee in 106 days.
1888 June 4 — August 27: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 84 days.
1889: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 86 days.
1889: Sailed from Calcutta with a cargo of jute to Dundee in 99 days.
1891: Sailed from Barry to Batavia in 86 days.
1891 October 31: Sailed from Chittagong with a cargo of jute to Dundee in 100 days.
1892: Sailed from Penarth to Mauritius in 67 days.
1893: Sailed from Mauritius to Calcutta in 25 days.
1895 March 27 — June 21: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 86 days.
1895 December 31: Left Calcutta with a cargo of jute for Great Britain and was lost without any trace on the way.

Updated 1996-07-12 by Lars Bruzelius.

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