Queen of Scots

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1877 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton. Dimensions 229'4"×38'0"×22'8" and tonnage 1444 GRT and 1374 NRT. Later reduced to barque rig.
1877
Launched at the shipyard of Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton, for Donald Kennedy & Co., Liverpool. Used in the coolie trade from Calcutta.
1904
Sold to M. Olsen, Porsgrund, Norway.
1916
Owned by Larsen & Mikkelsen, Sandefjord.
1919
Sold to Carl Wildhagen, Sandefjord.
1920
Sold to W.K. Jansén, Åbo. Captain Julius Westerberg.
1925
Was dismasted on voyage from Mazorca Islands, Peru, with a cargo of guano for London. Had to seek refuge in Valparaiso where she was condemned.
1925 August
Converted into a barge.

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