Abbey Town

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1875 by W. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 199'1"×30'1"×19'0" and tonnage: 738 GRT, 702 NRT and 685 tons under deck.

1875 August: Launched at the shipyard of W. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow, for Doward, Dickson & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Registration No. 70976 and signal PFCG.
1889: LR 1889-90: Barque rigged; Owner: J. Hay & Co., Liverpool; Master: Captain Shaplan.
1890 March: The cargo of nitrate from Chile caught fire while discharging at Calais and the ship was completely burnt out.
1890 June: Sold at auction to Otto Banck and Johan Ingemansson, Helsingborg, for £ 1100. The ship was repaired at the owner's shipyard and was renamed Ida. Captain Olof Pettersson, Guövik.
1892: Wrecked on the West coast of Guernsey on voyage from Raine Island with a cargo of guano for Granville.

References:

Squarerigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius

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