Albyn

Date of launch1883
Place of launchSouthampton
Type4-masted steel ship
GRT2154
NRT2095
DWT-
Length86.5 m (283.8 ft)
Beam12.2 m (40.0 ft)
Draft7.4 m (24.3 ft)

  • 1883
    Built of steel by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton for J. Houston & Co., Liverpool. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails.

  • 1907
    Sold to J.A. Zachariassen & Co., Nystad, Finland.

  • 2 October 1920
    Sailed from Norfolk, Virginia with a cargo of coal for Denmark, but never heard of again.


References:
  • Sten Lille, Lars Grönstrand: Suomen valtameripurjehtijat, ISBN 951-9064-31-1, published by Etelä-Suomen Kustannus Oy 1979
  • Alex A. Hurst: Hur all världens råtacklade fyr- och femmastade skepp slutade sin levnad, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 23 pp. 76 - 93, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1987
  • Alex A. Hurst: En lista på all världens 4- och 5-mastade råtacklade skepp, Longitude - tidskrift från de sju haven 22 pp. 7 - 31, ISSN 0024-6328, published by Carlstedt Förlag AB, Stockholm 1986

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