Cholula

An iron barque built in 1867 by G.R. Clover & Co., Birkenhead, as yard no. 11. Dimensions: 210'2"×35'1"×21'6" and tonnage: 1066 GRT, 1066 NRT and 999 tons under deck.

1867 March: Launched at the shipyard of G.R. Clover & Co., Birkenhead, for Willis & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Registration No. 55066 and signal HVFL.
1881: Sold to Hughes & Co., Liverpool, and was renamed Dunnerdale.
1884: Captain Williamson.
c1890: Sold to Newark Shipping Co. Ltd., Liverpool.
1898 August 31: Sold to Nils Alfred Ehrnberg and partners, Simrishamn, Sweden, for £ 3150 and was renamed Cimbria. Assigned the official Swedish Registration No. 3304 and signal JKBR. The new measurements were 63,10×10,66×6,61 meters and 1066 GRT, 1041 NRT and 1550 DWT.
1902 January: Sold to A/S Cimbria (Ths. S. Falck), Stavanger, Norway.
1908 September: Sailed from Iquique with a cargo of nitrate to Falmouth for orders.
1909: Sold to be broken up.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-10 by Lars Bruzelius

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