Damson Hill

A four-masted steel barque built in 1892 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, as Yard No. 258. Her dimensions were 86,15×12,31×7,21 meters [282'8"×40'5"×23'8"] and tonnage 2087 GRT and 1984 NRT. Baldheaded rig.

1892 November 24: Launched at the shipyard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
1893 January 18: Delivered to W.J. Myers Son & Co., Liverpool, but managed by Ismay, Imrie & Co., Liverpool.
1896: Sold to Gildemeister & Reiss, Bremen, and was renamed Niobe.
1896: Sold to Rhederei Visurgis AG, Bremen.
1916-1919: Interned in Chile.
c1920: Delivered to the British Government as war damage compensation.
1921: Sold to Nordische Handelsgesellschaft Hackfeld, Fisher GmbH, Hamburg.
1925: Broken up.

Updated 1996-04-08 by Lars Bruzelius.

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