Margaret Heald
An iron barque built in 1877 by R. & J. Evans & Co., Liverpool.
Dimensions: 173'0"×29'2"×18'1" and tonnage: 631 GRT, 605 NRT and 595 tons under deck.
- 1877 February
- Launched at the shipyard of R. & J. Evans & Co., Liverpool, for J.B. Foote [?], Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 76487 and signal QNKJ.
- 1889 September
- Sold to C.H. Nielsen, Nordby, Fanø, Denmark, for £ 5000 and was renamed Anna Agnete.
The Danish tonnage measured 638 GRT.
- 1905
- Sprung a leak on voyage from Buenos Ayres to Antwerp and had to seek refuge at the Azores. After repairs the voyage was continued to Antwerp where she was laid up.
- 1906 April
- Sold to Chile for £ 1175. Converted to a hulk at Punta Arenas for the support of the shaling ships.
References:
- Square-rigged ships, general references.
- Holm-Petersen, F.: Maritime minder fra Fanø.
Høst & Søn, København, 1980. Sq8vo, 48 pp, ill.
- Holm-Petersen, F.: Fanø Sejlskibe. Beretningar og breve fra de
hvide sejls dage.
Henning Clausens Boghandel, Aarhus, 1959. 8vo, 334 pp, ill.
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