Thomasina MacLellan

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1873 by A. MacMillan & Son, Dumbarton. Dimensions 262'6"×40'7"×23'8" and 1873/1869 GRT, 1788/1665 NRT and 1672 tons under deck. Originally rigged with a main skysail.

1873 October: Launched at the shipyard of A. MacMillan & Son, Dumbarton, for Thomson & Gray, Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 68058 and signal MKJP.
1875 January 10 - April 20: Sailed from Melbourne with a cargo of wool to London in 100 days.
1876 January 10 - April 20: Sailed from Melbourne with a cargo of wool to London in 100 days.
1879: Captain Todd became master of the ship.
1889: LR 1889-1890: Master Captain J. Mann.
1905 September: Sold to August Troberg, Mariehamn, & M. Lundqvist, Vårdö, and was renamed Thomasina. The main skysail was removed. The first master for the new owners was Captain Arthur Lundqvist.
1915 June 11: Torpedoed by a German submarine some 50 miles south of Queenstown outward bound from Birkenhead.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-26 by Lars Bruzelius

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