Dunkeld

An iron barque built in 1877 by A. MacMillan & Son, Dumbarton, as yard no. 204. Dimensions 219'4"×34'0"×20'0" and 1040 GRT, 1005 NRT, 950 tons under deck.

1877 August: Launched at the shipyard of A. MacMillan & Son, Dumbarton, for Wilson & Finlayson, Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 76805 and signal QWNV.
1879: LR 1879-80: Owner: Finlayson; Master: J.M. Finlayson.
1886: Captain R.H. White.
1889: LR 1889-90: Owner: D. Finlayson.
1902: Sold to O.R. Føreid, Grimstad, and was renamed Grande.
1915 September 9: Sold to Rederi AB Gemma (A. Pedersen), Gothenburg, and was renamed Zaritsa. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 5752 and signal JVLN. The new measurements were 64,04×10,39×6,10 meters and 1057 GRT, 955 NRT and 1600 DWT. Captain Nils Hallberg, Kivik.
1915 November: Captain Carl Oscar Wahlquist, Kalmar.
1919 January 1: Acquired by Rederi AB Mimosa, Stockholm, after the bankrupt of Rederi AB Gemma.
1922 November 22: Sold at auction to John Erik Forssberg & Didrik Kindborg, Karlskrona, for SEK 6500.
1925 January 12: Sold to Hugo Lundqvist, Mariehamn, for SEK 35.000. 1057 GRT and 956 NRT. Captain Alfred Holmberg.
1927 November 18: Sank 18 miles W of Strömmingsbådan, Gulf of Bothnia, with a cargo of timber after having received some ice damage. The crew was picked up by the Finnish ice breaker Voima.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-16 by Lars Bruzelius

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