Simla

A four-masted steel barque built in 1890 by Russell & Co, Port Glasgow. Dimensions 84,78×12,71×7,41 meters [278'2"×41'9"×24'4"] and tonnage 2214 GRT and 2087 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top- and topgallant sails.

1890 March: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for G.M. Steeves, Liverpool.
1907: Sailed from London to Port Adelaide in 100 days.
1907: Sailed from Port Pirie to Queenstown in 172 days, from where she proceeded to Cardiff where she arrived after another 14 days.
1908 September 10: The cargo of coal caught fire at Acapulco.
1908: Sold to Union Oil of California and converted into an oli barge.

Updated 1996-05-26 by Lars Bruzelius.

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