Woodburn

A steel barque built in 1896 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions 242'0"×37'5"×21'8" and 1552 GRT, 1445 NRT and 2600 DWT.

1896: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for Robert Shankland & Co., Greenock.
1906: Sold to A.E. Blom and partners, Nystad. Captain F.A. Laurén.
1919: Sold to Gustav Erikson, Mariehamn.
1926: Sold to owners at Fiji Islands to be used as a coal hulk.
1938: Sunk at sea off Suva.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-12 by Lars Bruzelius