Tasmania

A four-masted full-rigged iron ship built in 1886 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, as new building No. 158. Dimensions: 84,75×12,71×7,43 meters [278'1×41'9×24'5] and tonnage: 2269 GRT and 2175 NRT.

1886 November: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for P. Denniston & Co., Glasgow.
1889: Converted to barque rig.
1911 March: Sold to Skibs A/S Tasman (Grefstad & Herlofson), Arendal, Norway and renamed the Tasman. Assigned the Norwegian signal WJHF.
1914 February: Sold to A/S Tasman (Joh. H. Hassel), Risør.
1914 February 22: Foundered and sank in the North Sea en route London — Drammen in ballast.

Updated 1996-07-02 by Lars Bruzelius.

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