Reliance

A four-masted iron ship built in 1884 by W.H. Potter & Sons, Liverpool. Dimensions: 95,57×12,87×7,53 [314'0"×42'3"×24'9"] and tonnage: 2631 GRT and 2458 NRT. Rigged with royal and sky sails over double top and topgallant sails. Sistership to the same owner's Pegasus (1884).

1884 January: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Sons, Liverpool for C.W. Corsar, Liverpool, but managed by W.T. Dixon & Sons, Liverpool. Captain J. English was given command of the ship.
1892: C.W. Corsar took over management of the ship.
1907: Caught fire and was burnt out during loading of saltpetre at Iquique.
1907: S. Soler, Valparaiso, bought the burnt out hull from the underwriters and rebuilt the ship and renamed her Ricard de Sloer. Captain M. D'Angelo.
1917: Sold to J. Laguna, Barcelona, and was renamed Iberia. Captain E. Torner.
1919: Sold to D. Mumburu, and was renamed Antonia Mumburu.
1924: Broken up.

Updated 1996-10-06 by Lars Bruzelius.

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