Melita

A four-masted iron/steel barque built in 1892 by A. Stephens & Sons, Dundee. Dimensions: 95,50×13,76×7,74 meters [310'1"×45'2"×25'5"] and tonnage: 2857 GRT and 2685 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.

1892 November: Launched at the shipyard of A. Stephens & Sons, Dundee, for their own account.
1894: Sold to Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque, and was renamed Marthe I. Captain C. Engrand.
1898 May 11: Wrecked off Dunkerque coming from Pisagua.

Updated 1997-01-05 by Lars Bruzelius.

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