Tamar

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1889 by Napier, Shanks & Bell, Dumbarton. Dimensions 286'8"×42'5"×24'0" and 2115 GRT and 2048 NRT. Had the usual company lion figurehead.
1889
Launched at the shipyard of Napier, Shanks & Bell, Dumbarton, for Devitt & Moore, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 96592 and signal LGDK.
1889-1893 December
In command of Captain John Robertson Brown late of the same owner's ship Duke of Athole.
1893 December - 1896 May
In command of Captain Warren W. Smith late of the same owner's ship Illawarra.
1896 May -1900
In command of Captain Henry Norquay Forbes late of the same owner's ship Harbinger.
1897
Sailed from Sydney to London in 89 days with a cargo of 7428 bales of wool.
1989
Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to San Francisco in 51 days with a cargo of coal.
1900
Sold to T.A. Shute, Liverpool.
1903
Sailed from Dover to Callao in 68 days.
1922
Sold to Dutch owners.
1923
Broken up in Rotterdam.

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