Lydgate

A four-masted steel barque built in 1893 by Palmer's Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Dimensions: 92,72×13,15×7,38 meters [304'3×43'2×24'3], tonnage: 2534 GRT and 2350 NRT.

1893 December: Launched at the shipyard of Palmer's Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, for J. Joyce & Co., Liverpool.
1898 March 30-June 27: Sailed from Portland, OR, to Taku in 89 days and was posted overdue by Lloyd's.
1901: Sailed from Barry to Adelaide in 134 days and was posted overdue by Lloyd's.
1902: Sailed from San Francisco to Queenstown f.o. in 180 days and was posted overdue by Lloyd's.
1915 May: Sold to A/S Seilskip Skansen I (Arne Larsen), Bergen, Norway, and was renamed Skansen I.
1916 June: Sold to Henschiens Rederi A/S (Johs. A. Henschien), Tvedestrand.
1916 September: Sold to Tvedestrands Rederi A/S (Johs. A. Henschien), Tvedestrand, Norway.
1917: Sold to Tvedestrands Rederi A/S (Christianssands Shipping Co. Ltd.), Kristianssand.
1920 February 8: Left Norfolk, VA, en route for Aalborg, Denmark, and was sunk by a mine at Hertha Flack.

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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