Loch Carron

A four-masted iron ship built in 1885 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 87,64×12,92×7,33 meters [287'7"×42'5"×24'1"] and tonnage 2128 GRT and 2075 NRT. Rigged with double top and topgallant sails and royal sails.

1885 September: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for J. Hardie & Co., Glasgow. Captain L. Clarke was given command of the vessel.
1904 August 13: Collided with and sank the barque Inverkip 60 miles from the Fastnet Light. Captain Stanton Clarke of the Loch Carron was declared guilty of the accident.
1904: Reduced to barque rig.
1904: Captain Henderson, once master of the clipper ship Thermopylae, was given command of the ship.
1912 June: Sold to A/S Christianssand (Sven Stray & Co.), Kristiansand, Norway, and was renamed Seileren.
1915 October 11: Collided and was sunk by the steamer Vittoria at Torr Head, Scotland, on voyage from the Clyde to Savannah.

Photographs

Starboard bow. Under tow. [NMM P.400]
Starboard bow. At quay in Littleton. [NMM P.402]

References:

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

Updated 1998-01-02 by Lars Bruzelius.

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