Dunkerque

A four-masted steel barque built in 1889 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 100,47×14,07×6,53 meters [329'8"×46'2"×24'9"] and tonnage: 3152 GRT and 3094 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails above double top and topgallant sails.

1889 July: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque. Captain Moizan.
1891 June 23: Left Cardiff for Rio de Janeiro with a cargo with coal. Some time later one of the ship's boats was found at the entrance to the English Channel. It is believed that a spontaneous coal explosion caused the sinking of the ship.

Updated 1996-12-29 by Lars Bruzelius.

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