Madagascar

A four-masted steel barque built in 1888 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 85,95×12,31×7,46 meters [282'0"×40'5"×24'6"] and tonnage: 2145 GRT and 2077 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

1888 May: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for J. Boyd, Glasgow. Captain R. McCrone.
1911: Sold to E. Deckers & Co., Antwerpen, and was renamed Katanga.
1917: Sold to Russian owners.
1927: Listed by Lloyd's Register at Archangelsk.

Updated 1997-01-03 by Lars Bruzelius.

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