Palawan

An iron barque built in 1869 by J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 204'0"×34'0"×21'7" and tonnage: 1002 GRT, 955 NRT and 899 tons under deck.

1869 August: Launched at the shipyard of J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow, for McDiarmid, Greenshields & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Registration No. 63200 and signal JGRF.
1870: LR 1870-71: Captain T. Scott.
1872: LR 1872-73: Captain T. Scott.
1879: LR 1879-80: Captain Oliver.
1889: LR 1889-90: Captain J. Partridge.
1889 December 12: Sold to Theodor & F. Eimbcke, Hamburg. Assigned the German signal RHSG. The German measurements were 60,28×10,40×6,67 meters.
1890-1898: In command of Captains H. van Heuvel and H. Rickert.
1897: Sailed from Bordeaux to Mazatlan in 118 days.
1897: Sailed from Guaymas to Portland, OR, in 35 days.
1898: Sailed from Portland, OR, to Lizard Point in 148 days.
1898 September: Sold to Gottfrid Sjöberg, Malmö, for SEK 5100 and was renamed Elsa. Captain Gustaf Rosenquist, Mölle.
1903 December: Captain Rosenquist died while in East London and the first mate Sigfrid Hallberg, Brunnby, took the command of the ship.
1908: Sold to Mozey, Savon & Co., London, and was renamed Palawan. Reduced to a barge.
1920: Sold to Lafita & Cia, Bilbao, and was renamed Virgen del Mar. Equipped with a Wolverine diesel engine and rigged as a four-masted schooner.
1923: Rigged off.

The final fate is not known.

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Updated 1997-04-05 by Lars Bruzelius.