River Boyne

An iron barque built in 1867 by Dobie & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 154'1"×27'8"×17'3" and tonnage: 500 GRT, 479 NRT and 480 tons under deck.

1867 january: Launched at the shipyard of Dobie & Co., Glasgow, for Hargrow & Hellon, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. .... and signal .....
1886 November 3: Sold to John Oldrey Williamson & Day, Hamburg, and was renamed Sirius. Assigned the German signal RHCK. The German measurements were 46,87×8,55×5,37 meters and 500 GRT.
1886-1888: In command of Captain W. Möller.
1896 February 25: Sold at auction to Handelsbolaget L.J. Björkegren & Co. (J.D. Björkegren), Simrishamn, Sweden. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 2857 and signal JGLK. The Swedish measurements were 511 GRT and 463 NRT. Captain Per Mårtensson Holm, Brantevik.
1898 October: Received rig damage during storms in the North Sea and was towed to Long Hope, Leith, where she arrived on October 20.
1899 January 11: Sold at auction to J. Jacobs, London. Repaired and renamed River Boyne.
1907: Sold to J. Paterson & Co., Melbourne.

The final fate of the vessel is not known.

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Updated 1997-06-14 by Lars Bruzelius