Coriolanus
An iron fullrigged ship built in 1876 by Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton.
Dimensions: 271'4"×35'2"×20'1" and tonnage: 1074 GRT, 1046 NRT and 946 tons under deck.
The model of the Coriolanus was awarded the Gold Medal at the Shipwright's Exhibition in London 1877.
Rigged with a main skysail, and royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.
- 1876 May
- Launched at the shipyard of Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, for John Patton, Jr & Co., London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 73665 and signal QKTJ.
- 1877
- Sailed from Scilly Islands to Calcutta in 69 days under command of Capt. McLachlan. This passage time has been equalled but never beaten.
- 1886
- Sold to John Stewart & Co., London. [Henderson has 1884]
- 1887
- Captain J.T. Torkilsen was given command of the ship.
- 1890 February
- Collided with and sank the steamer Claymore on voyage from the Iquique with nitrate.
- 1891
- Sold to I.F. Ramien, Elsfleth, Germany, for £8000. Capt. I. Götting was given command of the ship.
- 1902 September 1
- Grounded at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, during a storm and was severely damaged together with the barques Nautilus and Arnold. Was condemned due to the damages.
- 1903
- Sold to E.B. Aaby, Drammen, Norway and was reduced to a royal-sail rigged barque. Renamed Lina according to Höver.
- 1903-1904
- British owners.
- 1921
- Sold to American owners who registered the ship in Panama and renamed her Tiburon. [Henderson has 1922]
- 1921 July
- Was arrested in Boston with a cargo of alcohol.
- 1921
- Sold to Louis d'Oliviera for $7525 and was renamed Eugenia Emilia.
- 1923
- Arrested with contraband and sold at New Bedford to J.O. Amarantes, Praia, Cape Verde, for $6750.
- 1927
- Sold to Abilio Monteior de Macedo, Praia, for $1000 and was renamed Coriolanus.
- 1931
- Sold to Arthur B. Cotnoir, New Bedford, MA, for $690.
- 1931 December
- Sold to Clarence Nelson Rogers, Boston, MA, for $250.
- 1936 August
- Towed to the General Iron Smelting Co., Fall River, MA, to be broken up.
References:
- Squarerigged ships, general references.
- Comee, Fred T.: The Last Days of the Coriolanus.
Sea History, Vol. 39 (1986), pp 23-26.
- Henderson, Anthony: Coriolanus's Career.
Sea Breezes Vol. 22 (1956), p 93.
- Matson, Norman: The Log of the Coriolanus.
The Vanguard Press, New York, 1930.
- Miller, James L.: Coriolanus.
Sea Breezes Vol. XI (1928), p 87.
- Morgan, Charles S.: Floreat Coriolanus!
Sea History Vol. 41 (1986), p 3.
- Napier, Rob: Coriolanus.
Nautical Research Journal Vol. 41 (1996), pp 193, 252-253, ill.
- Napier, Rob: Coriolanus Revisited.
Nautical Research Journal Vol. 42 (1997). pp 13-14, ill.
Updated 1998-01-17 by
Lars Bruzelius
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