East Indian

A steel barque built in 1894 by Robert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow, for a total cost of £ 13.500. Dimensions: 252'_"×19'_"×22'_" and tonnage: 1745 GRT, 1603 NRT and .... tons under deck.

1894 May: Launched at the shipyard of Robert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow, for The East Indian Ship Co. (Lang & Fulton), Greenock. Assigned the official British Reg. No. .... and signal .....
1910: Sold to G. Krabbenhöft, Hamburg, and was renamed Hans.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Hume, John R. & Moss, Michael S.: A Bed of Nails. The History of P. MacCallum & Sons, Ltd of Greenock 1781-1981, a Study in Survival.
Lang & Fulton, Greenock, (c1982). 8vo, xii, 148 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-19 by Lars Bruzelius

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