Walden Abbey

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1881 by W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool. Dimensions 263'0"×39'1"× and tonnage 1799 GRT, 1754 NRT and 1676 tons under deck. The forecastle was 22 ft long and the poop 37 ft. Sister ship to Ismay Imrie & Co.'s Copley (1881).

Rigged with main and fore royals over double top and topgallant sails.

1881 November
Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool, for J. Poole & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the Official British Reg. No. 84187 and signal WFNV.
1882-1889
In command of Captain J. Williams.
1889
Owner: J. Poole & Co., Liverpool. [LR 1889-90]
1910 May
Sold to Grefstad & Herlofson, Arendal, Norway.
1910-1911
In command of Captain J. Meyer.
1911-1913
In command of Captain H.J. Henriksen.
1913
Sold to owners in Uruguay.
1916 August 1
Sold to A/S v. V. Müller, København, and was renamed Svanen. Danish tonnage was 1797 GRT and 1702 NRT.
1917 April 23
Sunk by a German submarine 30 miles WNW of Muckle Flugga on voyage from Baltimore to Aarhus with a cargo of 12.555 tons of maize. Two men of the crew lost their lifes at the sinking.

Updated 2000-07-12 by Lars Bruzelius


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