Wasdale

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1881 by Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co., Whitehaven. Dimensions: 262'3"×39'3"×24'1" and tonnage 1879 GRT, 1821 NRT and 1742 tons under deck.

1881 September: Launched at the shipyard of Whitehaven Shipbuilding Co., Whitehaven, for The Dale Line of J.D. Newton. Assigned the official British Registration No. 84165 and signal WFBC.
c1889/90: Owner: W. Kelly, Liverpool.
c1889/90: Captain R. Campbell replaced Captain W. Browne as master of the ship.
c1900: Sold to Trinder, Andersen & Co. 1856 GRT and 1742 NRT.
1906/7: Sold by to A/S Wasdale (N.A. Lydersen), Tvedestrand, Norway.
1917 January 13: Sailed from Fayal for Dublin.
1917 February 3: Sunk by a German submarine. The crew was saved by the Dutch steamer Samarinda.

References:

Squarerigged ships, general references.
Ramgren, Björn: I norska segelfartyg. Båtologen Årg. 30 (1992), p 274.
Ramgren, Björn: 3-mastade fullriggaren Wasdale.
Båtologen Årg. 34, Viken, 1996. pp 110-111, ill.

Updated 1998-02-10 by Lars Bruzelius

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