County of Anglesea

An iron barque built in 1877 by R. & J. Evans & Co., Liverpool. Dimensions 214'4"×35'2"×21'2" and 1103 GRT, 1027 NRT.

1877 April: Launched at the shipyard of R. & J. Evans & Co., Liverpool, for Thomas Williams & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 76506 and signal QRHK.
1905: Sold to W. Gustafsson and O. Pettersson, Mariehamn. Captain O. Pettersson.
1907: Captain O. Jansson.
1910: Dismasted off New Zealand but was able to reach Wellington under jury rig.
1910 September: Sold to New Zealand owners and used as a barge.
1918: Re-rigged and repaired. Registered in Dunedin under the name Gladbrook.
1921: Rigged down and laid up. Served as a hulk, first at Suva and later in Auckland.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-14 by Lars Bruzelius