Glencairn

A four-masted iron barque built in 1878 by Dobie & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 76,90×12,19×6,80 meters [252'4"×40'0"×22'4"] and tonnage: 1619 GRT, 1564 NRT and 1506 tons under deck.

The second smallest four-masted barque ever built, only the Tweedsdale of 1460 GRT was smaller.

1878 June: Launched at the shipyard of Dobie & Co., Glasgow, for J.A. Allan, Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 78625 and signal RPVH. Mostly employed in the India trade. Captain Tannock was the first master of the ship.
1892: Sold to Law, Thomas & Co., Glasgow.
1892: Sailed from Barry with a cargo coal to Cape Town in 78 days under command of Captain Le Page, Jersey.; Continued to Burma in ballast to load paddy rice. Captain Kerr succeded Captain Le Page who died in Burma.; Sailed from Burma to Bremerhaven in 185 days.
1905 July: Captain John Nichol late of the Duns Law assumed command of the ship.
1907 July 25: Wrecked at Polycarp Cove, Cape San Paulo, Staten Island, on voyage from Rochester, England, to Seattle, WA, with a cargo of cement.

Updated 1997-04-28 by Lars Bruzelius.

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