Blythswood

An iron ship [?]/barque built in 1875 by R. Duncan, Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 259'8"×39'0"×23'3" and tonnage: 1691 GRT, 1607 NRT and 1500 tons under deck.

1875 June: Launched at the shipyard of R. Duncan, Port Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 72388 and signal PBCM.
1887: Captain Farmer was given command of the ship.
1889: Owner: R. Shankland & Co., Greenock.
19__: Sold to Norwegian owners and was renamed Pesca.
1916 October 28: Sold to C.H. Berg & Co., Copenhagen, from Buenos Ayres and was renamed Lysglimt.
1917: Sold to A/S Limfjorden, Aalborg.
1921 May 1: Fire was discovered in the coal cargo while on voyage from Lorenzo Marques to Aalborg.
1921 May 3: The ship was abandoned by the crew.
1921 May 23: The still floating wreck was sunk by SS Kingsburg.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1998-06-05 by Lars Bruzelius

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