Glenbank

A steel barque built in 1893 by A. Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions 240'1"×37'0"×21'7" and 1481 GRT and 1359 NRT.

1893: Launched at the shipyard of A. Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow, for Sterling & Co., Port Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. _____ and signal ____.
1905: Sold to J.A. Zachariassen & Co., Nystad, Finland. Captain F.K. Moberg, Nystad.
1911 February: Foundered only half loaded during a hurricane near Balla Balla NW of West Australia. Only one man of the crew survived.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-18 by Lars Bruzelius