Oaklands

An iron barque built in 1876 by Gourlay Brothers & Co., Dundee, as yard mo. 73. Dimensions 61,23×10,40×5,92 [203'8"×33'8"×19'9"] and tonnage 1013 GRT and 894 NRT.

1876: Launched at the shipyard of Gourlay Brothers, Dundee, for A.M. Lawrence & Co., London.
1888: Sold to M. Little, London.
1888: Sold to Bank Shipping Co. Ltd. (W. Just & Co.), Liverpool.
1900: Sold to A/S Oaklands (Mathias Hansen), Kristiansand. [Lille has 1901]
1921 November 14: Sold to Tufve Persson and partners, Brantevik, for SEK 28.000. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 6739 and signal KDNC. The new Swedish measurements were 60,5×10,3×7,0 meters and 1013 GRT, 894 NRT and 1450 DWT. Captain John Andersson.
1924 March 26: Sold to Rederi AB Oaklands (Sam Andersson), Gothenburg, for SEK 36.000.
1925 November: Sold to Captain Arthur Andersson, Mariehamn, for £ 2400.
1933 October 19: Stranded at Hven but was refloated on October 31 after which the ship was brought to Copenhagen for repairs.
1935: Sold to Grimstad, Norway, to be broken up.
1935 April - May 6: Sailed from Mariehamn to Grimstad where she was broken up.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-11 by Lars Bruzelius

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