Middlesex
Three-masted iron ship built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow.
Dimensions 81,86×11,83×7,20 meters [268'4"×38'8"×23'6"],
tonnage 1824 GRT and 1742 NRT.
- 1884 November
- Launched at the shipyard ofBarclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for the George Marshall & Sons, London.
Assigned the Official British Reg. No. 89663 and signal JSTD.
Captain George Jones was given command of the new ship.
- 1885 February 14
- Sailed from the Clyde to Sydney in 78 days.
- 1896 January 21
- Posted missing.
References:
- Square-rigged ships, general references.
- Dressel, Don: The Middlesex.
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- Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).
Updated 1998-01-02 by
Lars Bruzelius
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