Jordanhill

A four-masted steel barque built in 1892 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 84,83×12,80×7,36 meters [278'4"×42'0"×24'2"] and tonnage: 2291 GRT and 2176 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

1892 March
Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for J.R. Dickson & Co., Glasgow. Captain D. Marshall.
1896
Sold to Th. Law & Co., Glasgow. [Furrer has 1900]
1919
Under the management of the Shipping Controller of the British Government.
1920
Sold to Soc. Italiana di Navigazione "Stella d'Italia", Genoa, and renamed Augustella.
1922
Sold to Spanish Navy, Cartagena, Spain, and was renamed Minerva. Intended to be used as a training ship and was equipped with an aux. engine.
1923
Converted into a hulk at Cadiz. [Hughes has 1925]
1933
Used for target practice.
c1936
Borken up during the Spanish civil war.

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