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.
References:
- Square-rigged ships, general references.
- Dressel, Don: The Mount Stewart.
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- Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).
Updated 1997-07-14 by
Lars Bruzelius
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