Procyon

A steel barque built in 1892 by Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, to the design of John S. Croudace. Dimensions 279'8"××41'2"×23'9" and tonnage 2122 GRT and 1995 NRT. Together with her two sister ships, the same owner's Castor of 1886 and Orion of 1890, the largest three-masted barques ever built.

1892: Launched at the shipyard of Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, W.S. Croudace & Co., Dundee.
1892 February 16 - March 2: Sailed from Leith to New York in 15 days.
1895: Sold to J. Wilson, Dundee, at the death of Captain Croudace.
1910 August: Sold to J.A. Zachariassen, Nystad, Finland.
1918 May 10: Wrecked in the Bali Strait on voyage from Iquique to Sourabaya with a cargo of saltpetre.

References:

Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-05 by Lars Bruzelius.

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