Dunkerque

A four-masted steel barque built in 1896 by Laporte & Co., Rouen. Dimensions: 99,86x13,86x7,74 meters [327'8"x45'6"x25'5"] and tonnage: 3338 GRT and 2498 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails. Sistership to the oil carrier Quevilly (1897).

1896 August 11: Launched at the shipyard of Laporte & Co., Rouen. Was delivered in February 1897 to Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque. Used in the Chilean nitrate trade. Captain F. Martin was the first master of the vessel.
1924: Sold to Savona, Italy, for breaking up. The final voyage was from Swansea under tow to Italy with a cargo of coal.

Updated 1997-01-22 by Lars Bruzelius.

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