Lord Clyde

An iron barque built in 1875 by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, as yard no. 185. Dimensions: 173'4"×28'0"×17'6" and tonnage: 591 GRT, 560 NRT and 560 tons under deck.

1875 July: Launched at the shipyard of A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, for Hargrove & Hallon, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 70495 and signal PCBL.
1870s: Sold to J. Williams.
1870s: Sold to G. Tulloch & Co., Swansea. [Listed in LR 1879-80]
1885: Sold to L. Tulloch & Co., Swansea.
1889: Captain Davies.
1902: Abandoned in the North Sea during heavy weather. The drifting ship was later found and brought into Hamburg.
1902 May 20: Sold at auction in Hamburg to John E. Olson, Gothenburg, for £ 1780 and was renamed Trifolium. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 4034 and signal JMSH. The new measurements were 50,32×8,53×5,36 meters and 591 GRT, 519 NRT and 940 DWT. Captain Hjalmar Westerhult was given command of the ship.
1914 February 5: Sailed from Cardiff with a cargo of coal and clay for Bahia.
1914 March 15: Wrecked at Sennen Cove, Land's End.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-04-14 by Lars Bruzelius

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