Mount Stewart

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1891 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 271'6"×40'1"×23'4" and tonnage: ____ GRT, 1903 NRT and ____ tons under deck. Rigged with a main skysail and double topgallant sails.

Sister ship to the same owner's Cromdale (1891).

1891 May
Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for D. Rose & Co. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____. Employed in the Australian wool trade.
1891-1908
In command of Captain C. Green.
1896 [?] January 10 - May 3
Sailed from Melbourne to London in 113 days.
1908-1924
In command of Captain M.C. McColm.
1914
Still sailing under British flag.
1921 June
Sailed from Delagoa bay to Sydney in 38 days.
1922-1923
Laid up at Milford Haven.
1923
Sailed from Liverpool to Sydney in 125 days with a cargo of salt.
Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Iquique.
Sailed from Iquiue to Nantes.
1924
Broken up.

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