Erato

Iron fullrigged ship built in 1864 by Ramsey Shipbuilding Co., Isle of Man. Dimensions: 62,80×10,10×7,08 m [206'×35'3"×23'1"] and tonnage 1238 GRT, 1193 NRT and 2000 DWT. The forecastle was 38' long and the poop 62'.

1864 April: Launched for Wakefield & Co., Liverpool.
18??: Sold to D. Brown, Liverpool.
1870: Sold to Edward Bates & Sons, Liverpool.
1875: Sold to J. Lidgett & Sons, London.
1884: Sold to Foley & Co., London.
1892 March 12: Arrived to Hamburg with a cargo of nitrate from Iquique.
1892 April 7: Capsized at the America Quay and sank,
1892 July 8: Sold at a public auction for SEK 30.100 to Handels AB Sölvesborgs Skeppsvarf (Otto Banck), Sölvesborg, Sweden.
1892 July 25: Towed to Sölvesborg by the steamer Vulcan to be repaired.
1894 January 31: Left Helsingborg for Garston Docks, England, with a cargo of beams.
1894 February 7: Stranded at Høien, Denmark, not far from the Scaw Point.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 30 (1992).

Updated 1997-04-05 by Lars Bruzelius

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