Euphrates

A four-masted iron ship built in 1879 by H. Murray & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 81,90×11,93×7,01 meters [268'9"×39'2"×23'0"] and tonnage: 1716 GRT and 1643 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and sngle topgallant sails.

1879 February: Launched at the shipyard of H. Murray & Co., Port Glasgow, for R. Hill & Co., Greenock. Captain J. Fullarton.
1892: Re-rigged as a four-masted barque.
1895: Sold to W. Bowen, Greenock. Captain H. Davies.
1905 September: Sold to A/S Euphrates (G.M. Grønvold & C.B. Nielsen), Skien, Norway. Captain T. Andersen.
1907: Sold to Jernskibs A/S Euphrates (L.P. Larsen & Co.), Skien.
1912 January: Sold to A/S Euphrates (Gundersen & Gjertsen), Porsgrund.
1912 December 8: Abandoned and sunken on voyage from Glasgow to Santos with a cargo of coal and iron.

Updated 1997-04-16 by Lars Bruzelius.

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