Ulrica

A four-masted iron ship built in 1884 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 84,24×12,54×7,31 meters [276'5"×41'2"×24'0"] and tonnage: 1972 GRT and 1923 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

Sistership to D. Currie & Co's fourmasted ship Cluny Castle (1883).

1892 January: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for Hendry, Ferguson & Co., Glasgow. Captain J. Scurr.
1885: Sailed from London to Sydney in 99 days. 42 days to the Line. On April 28 she sailed 370 miles in 46°S, 68°E.
1887: Sold to W. Letham, Greenock.
1892: Sold to Ferguson & Letham, Greenock.
1895: Sold to J. Rae, Greenock.
1896: Sailed from San Francisco for Queenstown with a cargo of grain.
1897 January: Wrecked at the Copeland Island, St Georges Channel during towage from Queenstown to Dublin when the cable parted in a severe gale. [Hurst has "Mew Island" and Lubbock "New Island"]

Updated 1997-02-16 by Lars Bruzelius.

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