Mashona

A four-masted steel ship built in 1891 by C.J. Bigger, Londonderry. Dimensions: 92,65×13,12×7,33 meters [304'0"×43'1"×24'1"] and tonnage: 2499 GRT and 2352 NRT.

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

1891 December: Launched at the shipyard of C.J. Bigger, Londonderry, for W. Lowden & Co., Liverpool.
1891-1898: Captain William Jones late of the Iron Crag.
1891-1898: Captain S.H. Whettem late of the Mitredale. Captain Whettem left the Mashona for Weir's four-masted barque Ellisland.
1906 December: Sold to Harloff & Bøe and partners, Bergen. Captain H. Broch.
1907: Sold to Harloff & Rødseth and partners, Bergen.
1911 November 16: Grounded at Montevideo with a cargo of coal. Condemned and probably rigged off and turned into a lighter. Missing from Lloyd's Register until 1916.
1916: Sold to C. Towne & Co., Montevideo.
1919: Sold to Skibs-A/S Glimt (Jacobsen & Thon, Fredrikstad), Montevideo.
1920: Sold to Larrecha Milano & Cia., Montevideo.
1923: Sold to T. Gazzolo, Montevideo.

Updated 1997-04-18 by Lars Bruzelius.

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