Kinross-shire

A four-masted steel barque built in 1893 by Russell & Co., Greenock. Dimensions: 86,00×12,92×7,48 meters [282'2"×42'5"×24'7"] and tonnage: 2299 GRT and 2168 NRT.

Rigged in jubilee fashion i.e. nothing over double top and topgallant sails.

1893 May: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Greenock, for T. Law & Co., Glasgow. Captain W. Cooper.
1920 June: Sold to A/S Fido (Mathias Hansen), Kristiansand, Norway, and was renamed Fiorino.
1921 January: Disappeared on voyage from Kristiansand to Hampton Roads, VA, in ballast.

References:

Four- and five masted ships, general references.
Tandberg, Arne: (Personal communication).
Bergen, 1997.

Updated 1997-09-06 by Lars Bruzelius.

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