Cuthona

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1885 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton. Dimensions 250'8"×39'0"×24'0" and tonnage 1752 GRT, 1702 NRT and 1619 tons under deck.

1885 March: Launched at the shipyard of Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton, for J.H. Worthington & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 91209 and signal JVTQ.
1887: Captain Ditchburn.
1897: Sold to Raumo Nya Skeppsrederi AB (J.W. Söderlund), Raumo, Finland. Captain J.W. Nyblom.
1897 November 16: Wrecked at Simpnäsklubb on voyage from Sundsvall to Australia with a cargo of timber.
1898 March: The wreck was sold at auction to Södra Sveriges Bärgare for SEK 3400.

References:

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

Updated 1997-06-14 by Lars Bruzelius

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