| Date of launch | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Birkenhead |
| Type | 3-masted iron ship |
| GRT | 1336 |
| NRT | 1266 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 65.7 m (215.4 ft) |
| Beam | 11.3 m (37.1 ft) |
| Draft | 6.9 m (22.7 ft) |
Later names: Lucco (1893), Nest (1898), Lwow (1921)
Re-riggings: 3m barque (1893)
- 1868
Built of iron by R.G. Glover & Co, Birkenhead, Great Britain. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged ship carrying royals over single topgallant sails. - 1893
Sold to Italy and renamed Lucco. By this time she had been rigged down to a barque. - 1898
Sold to the Dutch East Indies and renamed Nest. - 1917
Sold to the Netherlands but remained registered in the Dutch East Indies. - 1921
Sold to Poland and converted to a training ship for the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia. She had two diesel engines installed and was renamed Lwow. - 1929
Replaced by the Dar Pomorza and taken out of service. - 1931
Broken up.
Pictures:
 | The Nest under staysails on the Nieuwe Waterweg near Rotterdam, carrying tobacco from the Dutch East Indies. May 1919 Appears courtesy of Jan Klootwijk |  | The Lwow at the Kromhout Motoren Fabriek in Amsterdam. 1921 Appears courtesy of Jan Klootwijk |
Thanks to Jan Klootwijk for providing some of the information above.
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