Anne McDonald

An iron barque built in 1882 by W. Walker & Co., Rotherhithe, London. Dimensions 152'7"×29'1"×15'5" and 479 GRT, 459 NRT, 700 DWT and 438 tons under deck.

1882 February: Launched at the shipyard of W. Walker & Co., Rotherhithe, London, for McDonald, Scales & Co., London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 85112 and signal WJBM.
1898 May: Sold to J.E. Hagström, Oskarshamn, Sweden, for £ 2250.
c1899: Sold to Thom & Cameron, Glasgow, and was renamed Canna.
1901: Sold to British & Mexican Shipping Co. Ltd. (W.C. Jarvis & Son), Liverpool.
1905: Sold to G. Clunies-Ross (H. Stubbings), Keeling, Cocos Islands. Still registered at Liverpool.
1912 September 2: Sold to And. S. Cronberg, Landskrona, for £ 2350 and was renamed Bellisle.
1912 October 23: Transferred to AB Bellisle (And. S. Cronberg). 5441 and JTGB.
1913 June 12: Sailed from Liverpool to Fray Bentos, Uruguay, and disappeared on the way.

References:

Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-04-10 by Lars Bruzelius

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