Oweenee

A steel four-masted barque built in 1891 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton. Dimensions: 94,18×12,80×7,46 meters [309'0"×43'0"×24'6"], tonnage: 2432 GRT and 2334 NRT.

1891: Launched at the shipyard of Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton, for F.C. Mahon, Windsor, NS.
1891-1908: Captain Burchell Sydney, Cape Breton, who also was a part owner. He was joined by his wife during the entire time.
1903 fall: Sailed from Liverpool to Sydney in about 102 days.
1908: Sold to Lewis, ?, for £ 24.000.
1913: Sold to Roberts, Owen & Co. Ltd., ?, for £ 9.500.
1917 March 29: Sold to Hudson Bay Co., London, for £ 30.500 and renamed Ortina Shell.
19??: Sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. and converted into a twin-screw motor tanker.

Is said to have sailed from Prawle Point to Port Pirie in 66 days.

References:

Four- and five-masted ships, general references.
Dustan, R.J.: Twice Around the World: In Oweenee.
Sea Breezes Vol. XVIII (1934), pp 73-75, 98-100, ill.

Updated 1997-03-14 by Lars Bruzelius.

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