Drumrock

A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by Ramage & Ferguson, Leith. Dimensions 100,32×13,81×7,79 meters [328'2"×45'4"×25'7"] and tonnage 3182 GRT and 3010 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and top-gallant sails.

1891 September: Launched at the shipyard of Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, for Gillison & Chadwick, Liverpool. Captain T.S. Bailey was the master of the ship 1891-1899.
1897 May 17 - August 10: Sailed from Liverpool to Calcutta in 85 days. Raced the fourmasted barque Thistlebank (1891) which had sailed from Lizard on May 11 and reached Calcutta on August 7 after 88 days out.
1899 May 30: Sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, and renamed Persimmon. Used in the nitrate trade between Chile and Europe. Captain H.A. Dehnhardt.
1912: Sold to F.A. Vinnen & Co., Bremen, and renamed Helwig Vinnen.
1913 April 12: Sold to Bremer Stahlhof, Bremen.
1914[?]: Interned at Santa Rosalia for the duration of the war.
1923: Sold to Dollar Co., San Francisco, and renamed Allen Dollar.
1924: Sold to Herate Straits Towing Co., Vancouver, and reduced to a lighter.
1925: Sold to Pacific Coyle Navigation Co., Vancouver, and used as a hulk after having been renamed Drumrock.
1927: Sank during tow in Takush Bay, Smith Sound.

Updated 1997-02-15 by Lars Bruzelius.

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