Melanope

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1876 by W.H. Potter & Co., Liverpool. Dimensions: 258'2"×40'2"×23'8" and tonnage: 1686 GRT, 1608 NRT and 1498 tons under deck.

1876 June: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Co., Liverpool, for Australasian Shipping Company [?], Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 74550 and signal QFRD. Employed in the Australian emmigrant trade.
1879: LR 1979-80: Owner: Heap & Son, Liverpool; Master: Captain W. Watson.
1889: LR 1989-90: Owner: Australasian Shipping Co., Liverpool; Master: Captain Gray.
18__: Sold to J.J. Moore & Co., San Francisco.
190_: Sailed from Port Townsend, WA, to Cape Town in 72 days under Captain N.K. Willis.
1906 December: Made her last voyage under sail in ballast up the Pacific coats. Wrecked on the bar of the Columbia river.
19__: Sold to Captain James Griffiths, San Francisco.
19__: Sold to Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
O'Leary, R.J.: Saga of the Melanope.
Sea Breezes Vol. 2 (1946). pp 56-59, ill.
Melanope to be hulked as a Breakwater.
Sea Breezes Vol. 2 (1946). p 171.

Updated 1997-04-16 by Lars Bruzelius

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