Hindostan

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1874 by J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland. Dimensions 219'7"×35'1"×20'7" and 1156 GRT, 1123 NRT. Rigged with skysails.

1874: Launched at the shipyard of J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland, for British Eastern Shipping Co., Liverpool.
1875: Sold to New Zealand Shipping Co., London, and was renamed Waimate.
1896: Sold to G.A. Lindblom, Åbo, and was renamed Valkyrian. Captain A.W. Smitslund.
c1897: Reduced to barque-rig.
1898 August 9: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, for Iquique and was never heard of again.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-12 by Lars Bruzelius