Gateside

An iron barque built in 1869 by McMillan, Dumbarton. Dimensions: 184'6"×29'6"×18'5" and tonnage: 739 GRT, 698 NRT and 687 tons under deck. She had 26' long forecastle and a raised quarter deck which was 41'.

1869 October: Launched at the shipyard of McMillan, Dumbarton, for Aiton & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 63214 and signal WPTR. Employed in the London - Montreal trade.
1871: Sold to Devitt & Moore, London. Re-rigged as a full-rigged ship and employed in the South Australian trade.
1872-1873: In command of Captain L.W.E. Bowen late of the same owner's clipper ship Chaa-Sze.
1873-1874: In command of Captain Peter Black.
1875-1876: In command of Captain E.D. Alston late of the same owner's ship Dunbar Castle.
1876-1878: In command of Captain A.J. Ismay.
1878-1884: In command of Captain Charles Maitland.
1880: Re-rigged as a barque.
1884: Sold to Simon Goldberg & Sons, Swansea.
1896: Sold to H.C.A. Michelson, Sandefjord, Norway, and was renamed Ragna.
1903 March: Stranded and became a total loss.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Course, A.G.: Painted Ports. The story of the ships of Messrs Devitt and Moore.
Hollis & Carter, London, 1961. 8vo, x, 230 pp, 6 plates.
Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).

Updated 1997-05-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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