Crofton Hall

A four-masted iron ship built in 1883 by W.H. Potter & Co., Liverpool. Dimensions 91,91×11,90×7,16 meters [301'7"×39'1"×23'6"] and tonnage 2127 GRT and 2074 NRT. Rigged with skysails and royals above double top- and single topgallant sails.

1883 April: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Co., Liverpool, for Herron, Dunn & Co., Liverpool. The first master was Captain Kilvert.
1889: Sold to Globe Shipping Co. (Chas. G. Dunn & Co.), Liverpool.
1889 July 26: Left Penarth for Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco and back to Le Havre under command of Captain T.H. Lyons.
1891 September - mid-January: Sailed from New York to Calcutta with kerosene.
1892 June 3: Left Calcutta for Hull with a cargo of linseed, but had to put back to Calcutta with six crew-members dead from food poisoning.
1892 July: Resumed the voyage to Hull.
1898 April: Wrecked at Sable Island on voyage from Dundee to New York.

References:

Charles E. Topp: Five Years in the Liverpool "Halls".
Sea Breezes Vol. 6 (1948), pp 194-197, ill. Includes a picture of a painting of Crofton Hall under sail.

Updated 1996-12-30 by Lars Bruzelius.

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