Peter Iredale

A four-masted iron and steel barque built in 1890 by Ritson & Co., Maryport. Dimensions: 87,59×12,10×7,13 meters [287'5"×39'9"×23'5"] and tonnage: 2075 GRT and 1994 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double top and topgallant sails.

1890 June: Launched at the shipyard of Ritson & Co., Maryport, for P. Iredale & Porter, Liverpool. Captain G.A. Brown was the first master of the ship.
1906 September 28: Left Salina Cruz, Mexico, in ballast for Portland, OR, under command of Captain Lawrence.
1906 October 25: Stranded on the Clatsop Sands at the entrance to the Columbia River.

The wreck is still visible at low tides.

References:

Four- and five masted ships, general references.
Langmaid, G.R.: How Peter Iredale was Lost.
Sea Breezes Vol. XVIII (1934), pp 300.

Updated 1997-03-14 by Lars Bruzelius.

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