British Isles

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1884 by John Reid & Co., Port Glasgow, for a total cost of £ 48.000. Dimensions: 308'9"×43'9"×24'8" and tonnage: 2461 GRT, 2394 NRT and 2282 tons under deck.

The mainyard was 105' long. Rigged with royals over double topgallant and top-sails. The mizzen topgallant saill was single.

1884 June 11: Launched at the shipyard of John Reid & Co., Port Glasgow, for the British Ship Owner's Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 87992 and signal JMSV. Employed in the ... trade. Captain G. Southcott.
1895: Sailed from Calcutta to Dover in 97 days and to Dundee in 102 days.
1895: Sailed from Cardiff to Colombo in 80 days.
1898: Sailed from London to Sydney in 80 days under command of Captain J.M. Stott.; Sailed fron Newcastle, NSW, to San Francisco with a cargo of coal.; Sailed from Tacoma for the British Isles with a cargo of 4000 tons of wheat (58.600 bags).
1899: Sailed from San Francisco to Cardiff in 116 days.
1899: Sold to Thomas Shute.
1903-1909: In command of Captain James Platt Barker (1874-1946), Cheshire.
1905 June 11 - October 28: Sailed from Port Talbot to Pisagua with a cargo of 3600 tons of coal in 139 days.
1906 June 3 - August 5: Sailed from Callao to Sydney in ballast.
19__: Sold to Argetinian owners and was renamed Tigre.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1997-06-17 by Lars Bruzelius

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