Cromdale

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1891 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 271'6"×40'1"×23'4" and tonnage: ____ GRT, 1903 NRT and ____ tons under deck. Rigged with a main skysail and double topgallant sails.

Sister ship to the same owner's Mount Stewart (1891).

1891 June
Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for Donaldson Rose & Co. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____. Employed in the Australian wool trade. Captain E.H. Andrew was the first master of the ship.
1894
Sailed from Sydney to London in 80 days.
1898
Captain Sibley.
1913 January 19
Wrecked in a fog at Bass Point, Lizard, 126 days out on voyage with a cargo of nitrate from Taltal to Falmouth f.o. Captain Arthur, Dundee, was in command.

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