Tiber

An iron steam ship built in 1851 by John Reid & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 224'9"×29'1"×20'2" and tonnage: ____ GRT, 924 NRT and ____ tons under deck. Later rebuilt as a barque rigged sailing ship.

1851: Launched at the shipyard of John Reid & Co., Port Glasgow, for .... Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____.
1870s: Sold to A. Inkster & Co., Liverpool, and was convetred to a barque rigged sailing ship of 924 NRT.
1887: Sold to E.K. Ellison, Liverpool.
1891: Sold to C. de Groot, Flushing, and was renamed Theodorus.
1894: Sold to Axel Eriksson, Västeränga, Åland, for £ 1300. Captain M.V. Eriksson was given command of the vessel.
1894 May: Stranded near Havana on voyage from Pensacola to Lübeck with a cargo of pitchpine. The ship was later refloated and towed to Havana.

References:

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

Updated 1997-06-17 by Lars Bruzelius

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