Earl of Zetland

A fullrigged iron ship built in 1875 by McMillan & Son, Dumbarton. Dimensions 240'3"×38'4"×22'7" and tonnage 1534 GRT, 1461 NRT and 1365 tons under deck.

1875 January: Launched at the shipyard of McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, for J.R. Menzies, Leith, but registered in Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 71698 and signal NRFP.
1886: Captain Cunningham.
1899: Sold to A.E. Blom and partners, Nystad, Finland. Captain A.E. Fagerlund was put in command.
1905 October 5: Wrecked at Vang, near Hasle, Bornholm, on voyage from Sundsvall to Delagoa Bay, South Africa, with a cargo of timber.

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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