Gilcruix

A four-masted iron ship built in 1886 by Whitehaven Shipbuildings Co., Whitehaven.
Dimensions: 88,15×12,80×7,38 meters [289'3"×42'0"×24'3"], tonnage: 2304 GRT and 2239 NRT.

1886 August: Launched at the shipyard of Whitehaven Shipbuildings Co., Whitehaven, for Ismay, Imrie, & Co., Liverpool.
1895 June 8: Sold to Knöhr & Burchard, Hamburg and was renamed Barmbek.
1914 August: Arrested by the French cruiser Chatâteau Renault and was towed to Brest.
: Sold to Compagnie Navale de l'Oceanie, Brest, and renamed Pacifique.
1921 March 2: In collision with the American steamer Naamhok 8 nautical miles South St Catherine's Point. Was comndemned after having been towed to Le Havre, later towed to Caen where she was broken up.

Updated 1997-02-21 by Lars Bruzelius.

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