Fulwood

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1885 by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, as Yard No. 229B. Dimensions 85,10×12,26×7,44 meters [279'0"×40'2"×24'4"] and 2170 GRT, 2118 NRT and 2014 tons under deck. Sistership to the same owner's ship Wavertree (1885).

1885 October: Launched at the shipyard of Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, for Sailing Ship Fulwood Co. Ltd. (R.W. Leyland & Co.), Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 91270 and signal KDFN.
1910: Sold to Sandefjord Hvalfangerselskap (P. Bogen), Sandefjord, Norway, for £ 3000. Employed as a floating wale oil refinery between Great Britain and South Georgia.
1888: Captain A.R. McNoah.
1917: Sold to At. Glenelsk, Sandfjord.
1918: Sold to Anton Sivertsen.
1919: Missing on voyage from Buenos Ayres to Korsør.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Walker, David: Champion of Sail. R.W. Leyland and his Shipping Line.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986. 4to, 191 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-15 by Lars Bruzelius

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