Kynance

A steel ship built in 1895 by Anderson, Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 265'_"×36'_"×22'_" and tonnage: 3250 GRT, 1964 NRT and .... tons under deck.

1895 November: Launched at the shipyard of Anderson, Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow, for The Sailing Ship Kynance Co. (C.G. Cowan & Co.), Greenock. Assigned the official British Reg. No. .... and signal .....
1903: Sold to Lang & Fulton, Greenock.
1910: Stranded at Puerta Blanca, off Tocopilla, on voyage from Valparaiso and became a total loss.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Hume, John R. & Moss, Michael S.: A Bed of Nails. The History of P. MacCallum & Sons, Ltd of Greenock 1781-1981, a Study in Survival.
Lang & Fulton, Greenock, (c1982). 8vo, xii, 148 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-19 by Lars Bruzelius

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