King Arthur
An iron fullrigged ship built in 1887 by W.B. Thompson & Co., Dundee.
Dimensions 257'6"×38'2"×23'2" and 1647 GRT and 1562 NRT.
- 1887 August
- Launched at the shipyard of W.B. Thompson & Co., Dundee, for King Shipping Co. (J.A.
Walker), Glasgow.
Assigned the official British Reg. No. 95007 and signal KNLP.
- 1887
- Captain W.S. Drummond.
- c1900
- Sold to Gabriel Granlund, Rauma, and was renamed Finland.
- 1900-1906
- Captain K.F. Lindeman.
- 19__
- Sold to Captain J. Tork.
- 1909
- Sold to Wilhelm Panelius.
- 1911
- Re-rigged as a barque on voyage from Quebec to Buenos Ayres.
- 191_
- Sold to Oy Tonnage AB, Rauma.
- 1917 November 26
- Sailed from New Orleans for Bordeaux under command of Captain Emil Engblom.
- 1918 January
- Wrecked off Bordeaux.
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
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