Clan MacLeod

A three-masted iron barque built in 1874 by Bartran, Haswell & Co, Sunderland, England, as the Clan MacLeod for Thomas Dunlop. Her dimensions are: 54,71×9,54×5,33(d) [179'5"×31'3"×17'5"] and with a tonnage of 671 GRT, 646 NRT and 629 tons under deck.

1874 February 18: Launched at the shipyard of Bartran, Haswell & Co, Sunderland, for Thomas Dunlop & Co., Glasgow. Assigned the Official British Reg. No. 6806 and signal MRVJ.
1877 July 29: Put into Rio de Janeiro for repairs aftre having received storm damage off Cape Horn.
1879: LR 1879-1880: Captain R. Wilson, master.
1879: Sailed from Portland, OR, to Queenstown f.o. in 113 days.
1887: Sold to Sir Roderick W. Cameron, Glasgow.
1889: Captain H. Whitney replaces Captain MacLeod as master of the ship.
1891: Sailed from Wellington, NZ, to Boston, MA, in 75 days.
1900 August 15: Sold to J.J Craig, Auckland, New Zealand. Employed in the Tasman trade.
1905 December 14: Renamed James Craig.
1911: Laid up due to lack of work. Sold to British New Guinea Development Co.
1919: Sold to H. Jones & Co. and was re-rigged at Sydney.
1922: Condemned and and laid up at Hobart, Tasmania.
1930: Beached at Recherche Bay, Tasmania, and was abandoned.
1981: Towed to Sydney for restoration.

Presently preserved as a museum ship at the Sydney Heritage Fleet where she is undergoing restoration. See also the official James Craig page.

Updated 1998-05-12 by Lars Bruzelius

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