Fairport

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1896 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: ___'_"×__'_"×__'_" and tonnage: ____ GRT, ____ NRT and ____ tons under deck. Rigged in Jubilee style, i.e. with nothing over double top and topgallant sails.

1896: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for D. W. Corsar & Sons, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____. Employed in the ... trade.
1910 December: Sold to R. Salvesen & Co. of Tvedestrand, Norway.
1915: Sold to S. O. Stray & Co. of Kristiansand, and was renamed Spangereid.
1920 October: Burned and sank near St. Helena in the South Atlantic.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1997-05-13 by Lars Bruzelius

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