Alexandra

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1884 by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton. Dimensions 92,93×12,60×7,69 meters [304'7"×41'3"×25'2"] and 2521 GRT, 2462 NRT and 2347 tons under deck.

1884 July: Launched at the shipyard of Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, for J. Coupland, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 89615 and signal ____.
1890: Sold to F. & A. Nodin, Liverpool, and was renamed Claverdon.
1890: Captain Adams.
1899: Sailed from Swansea to San Francisco in 177 days.
1902: Sailed from Cuxhaven to San Francisco in 218 days after having failed to round the Cape Horn and instead sailed westward around the world to her destination.
1906: Owned by G. Gordon & Co., Glasgow. Captain D. Thomson.
1919: Managed by J. Stewart for the Shipping Controller, London.
1920: Sold to Italy and was renamed Albertstella.
1922 - 1923 May: Laid up.
1923 May: Broken up at Sestri Levante.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.
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Updated 1997-05-17 by Lars Bruzelius.

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