Scottish Hero

An iron barque built in 1876 by Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, as yard no. 79. Dimensions: 196'6"×33'0"×19'1" and tonnage: 911 GRT, 869 NRT and 795 tons under deck.

1876 May: Launched at the shipyard of Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, for McIlwraith & MacEacharn & Co., London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 73670 and signal PWNM.
1881: Captain J. Fraser.
1893: Sold to A.H. Arnold, Brake, Germany, and was renamed Saturnus.
1900: Sold to G.O. Köster, Brake.
1905: Sold to A/S Saturnus (Chr Trondsen), Sarpsborg, Norway.
1914 May 30: Sold to Oscar Modén and partners, Simrishamn, Sweden. The Swedish measurements were 929 GRT, 800 NRT and 1500 DWT.
1915 October 12: Foundered in the North Atlantic on voyage from Miramichi with a cargo of timber for Cork. The crew was picked up by the British steamer Colorado.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-06-14 by Lars Bruzelius

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