Monkbarns

Fullrigged steel ship built in 1895 by A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton. Dimensions: 81,44×12,23×7,20 meters [267'0"×40'1"×23'6"] and tonnage: 1911 GRT and ____ NRT.

Carried the traditional Corsar flying horse figure head.

1895 June: Launched at the shipyard of A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, for D. Corsar & Sons, Liverpool.
1904 February 14: Sailed from Hamburg for Melbourne where she arrived after 116 days.
1904: Sailed from San Francisco with a cargo of grain to Falmouth in 110 days.
1908: Sailed from Liverpool to Sydney in 128 days.
1909-1912: Sold to John Hardie & Sons, Glasgow.
1910 February 14: Left Hamburg for Melbourne where she arrived after 116 days. She carried a general cargo including 750 cases of dynamite and 300 kegs if gunpowder
1910: Sailed from Geelong with a cargo of wheat to Callao in 69 days.
1910-1917: Captain Donaldson.
1911 April: Sold to John Stewart & Co., for £ 4850.
1912: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Taltal in 58 days.
1912: Sailed from Taltal to London in 95 days.
1913: Sailed from London to Buenos Ayres in 60 days.
1925: Sailed from Iquique to Sydney where she arrived in May after 89 days.
1925: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Callao in 60 days.
1926: Sold to Ballener Espanola (Brun & van der Lippe, Tønsberg), for £ 2500 and used as a coal hulk at Corcubion, Spain.

Updated 1997-04-30 by Lars Bruzelius

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