Skelmorlie

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1883 by R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow, as yard no. 196. Dimensions: 254'1"×39'0"×22'9" and tonnage: 1603 GRT, 1528 NRT and 1449 tons under deck.

1883: Launched at the shipyard of Skelmorlie Ship Co. (R. Duncan & Co.), Port Glasgow, for T.O. Hunter & Co., Greenock. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 87398 and signal JDRB. Captain G. Halliday.
1894: Sold to Ant. Dom. Bordes et Fils, Dunkerque and was renamed Cerro Alegre.
1915: Sold to J. Oelckers, Puerto Montt, Chile, and was renamed Puerto Montt.
1917 October: Sold to Transoceana Rederi AB, Gothenburg, and was renamed Transocean.
1918 June 26: Sold to Rederi AB Othalia, Helsingborg, for SEK 1.000.000 and was renamed .
1919: Captain Peter Sigfrid Sörensson, Råå.
1921 May 6: Sold at auction to C.G. Carlström, Helsingborg, for SEK 50.000. Captain Olof Bernhard Björk, Råå.
1924 April: Sold to Kallentin Svensson and partners, Viken, for SEK 43.500. When the ship had been rigged off the hull was sold to a buyer in Dortmund for SEK 46.000.
1924 May 27: The hull was towed from Helsingborg by a German tug.

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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