Formosa

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1883 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions 78,20×11,62×6,92 meters [256'4"×38'1"×22'7"] and 1651 GRT, 1555 NRT and 1499 tons under deck. Rigged with royals over double top and topgallant sails. Later reduced to barque rig.

1883 August: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for the "Island Line" of P. Denniston & Co., Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 87700 and signal HWDQ.
1886: Captain A. Orloff.
1911: Sold to P. Jacobsen, Porsgrund, Norway. Captain C. Ellesfsen.
1915: Captain E. Eriksen.
1915 November: Stranded at St Davids on voyage to Mersey with a cargo of timber. A note in Lloyd's Register states that she was later refloated. c1925 Hulked at Gibraltar [Lubbock]
1956: Reported to be used for jet fuel storage at Gibraltar.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1997-05-19 by Lars Bruzelius

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