Pass of Brander

A four-masted steel barque built in 1890 by R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 85,46×12,82×7,41 meters [280'5"×42'1"×24'4"] and tonnage 2127 GRT and 1993 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.

1890 September: Launched at the shipyard of R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow, for Gibson & Clark, Glasgow. Captain J. McDowall.
1906: Sold to J.J. Rae, &Co., Liverpool and was renamed Bengarin. Captain J.S. Learmont.
1916 April 1: Sunk by a German submarine 165 miles WSW Fastnet Rock.

Sailed from Cardiff to Callao in 58 days under Captain Learmont.

Updated 1997-01-27 by Lars Bruzelius.

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