Falls of Clyde

A full-rigged four-masted iron ship built in 1878 by Russel & Co., Port Glasgow. Her dimensions are: 81,11×12,19×7,13 meters [266'1×40'0×21'0] and tonnage: 1809 GRT and 1748 NRT. Her forecastle is 34 ft long and the poop 23 ft.

Rigged royal, single topgallant and double top-sails.

1878 December 12: Launched at the shipyard of Russel & Co., Port Glasgow, for the Falls Line (Wright, Beakenridge & Co), Glasgow. Assigned the Official British Reg. No. 80436.
1879 April 20: Sailed from Greenock to Karachi.
1879 December 18: Sailed from Karachi to London.
1897 November 30: Sailed from Portland, OR, to Queenstown or Falmouth for orders with a cargo of 100.290 bushels of wheat.
1900: Sold to W. Matson, Honolulu, and was re-rigged as a barque.
1900: Sold to the Associated Oil Co., San Francisco, CA.
1907: Sold to the General Petroleum Corp., San Fancisco, and rebuilt to a sailing oil tanker.
1927: Sold to General Petroleum and was converted into a fuel storage barge at Ketchikan, Alaska.
1927: Sold to W.E. Mitchell Jr and towed to Seattle. [Sea Breezes Vol. 27 (1959), p 300]
1963: Towed to Honolulu, HI.
1968: Acquired by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, and re-rigged.

Presently preserved as a museum ship at the Hawai'i Maritime Center, Honolulu, HI, USA.

Bibliography:

Delgado, James P.: Falls of Clyde.
National Historic Landmark Study, 1988.
Klebingat, Fred K.: TheFalls of Clyde.
The Annual Dog Watch, No. 14 (1957), pp 59-60.
Klebingat, Fred K.: Falls of Clyde.
Oceans, Vol. V, No. 5 (1972).
Klebingat, Fred K.: My friend, this old ship. The saga of the Falls of Clyde, told by a man who served her well in her prime and who is today helping to save her for future generations.
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Updated 1999-08-27 by Lars Bruzelius.

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