Fingal

A four-masted steel barque built in 1883 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, as hull no. 156. Her dimensions were 92,02×13,07×7,65 meters and tonnage 2570 GRT, 2233 NRT, and 4000 DWT.

1883 April 11: Launched at the shipyard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast, for Richard Martin & Co., Dublin.
1908-1909: In command of Captain John O'Neill late of the same owner's ship Dunboyne.
1910 December: Sold to A/S Fingal (Chr. Hannevig), Horten, Norway. Assigned the Norwegian signal WJFQ.
1915 April: Sold to Transatlantic Motorship Co. (Chr. Hannevig), Kristiania, Norway, and was equipped with two engines of 160 ihp together.
1916 April 14: Bought by August Leffler & Sons Nya AB, Gothenburg, for SEK 800.000 and renamed Hugo Hamilton. Captain Henric Henricsson, Kivik, became her first Swedish master.
1916 December 9: Left Caleta Bueno for Gothenburg via the Panama Canal with 3800 tons of saltpeter.
1917 February 12: Sunk by the German submarine U 81 at 55°45'N and 12°10'W.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 30 (1992).

Updated 1997-12-30 by Lars Bruzelius.

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