Shakespeare

An iron barque built in 1876 by R. & J. Evans & Co., Liverpool. Dimensions 191'8"×31'8"×19'2" and tonnage 794 GRT, 767 NRT and 1250 DWT.

1876: Launched at the shipyard of R. & J. Evans & Co., Liverpool, for E.C. Friend & Co., Liverpool.
18__: Sold to C.A. Larsen, Kragerø, Norway.
1928 April: Sold to Rederi AB Shakespeare (A.W. Söderström), Hangö, Finland, for £ 1500. Captain Anders Donner.
1930 October 24: Wrecked at Norrskär on voyage from Piteå with a cargo of timber for London.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-06 by Lars Bruzelius