Vortigern

A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by Richard Williamson & Son, Workington. Dimensions: 93,13×12,85×7,46 meters [305'7"×42'2"×24'6], tonnage: 2529 GRT and 2406 NRT.
A flush decked and bald-headed barque, which belonged to the group of six four-masted barques called the Workington Sisters.

1891 August: Launched at the shipyard of Richard Williamson & Son, Workington, for Brown, Jenkinson & Co., London, for the Vortigern Ship Co., Ltd.
1900 July 18: Sold to B. Wencke & Söhne, Hamburg, and renamed Hebe.
1906 January 30: Sold to Rhederei Akt. Gesellschaft von 1896, Hamburg.
1906 February 22: Partially dismasted in a storm off Lizard Head.
1919: Interned at Mollendo for the duration of the war.
1920: Handed over to the Peruvian Government as war damage compensation and assigned to the Cia. Nacionale de Trasportes.
1927: Renamed Contramaestre Dueñas.
1937: Broken up at Callao.

Updated 1997-01-27 by Lars Bruzelius.

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