| Date of launch | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Greenock |
| Type | 4-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 2428 |
| NRT | 2239 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 87.5 m (287.1 ft) |
| Beam | 13.2 m (43.3 ft) |
| Draft | 7.4 m (24.3 ft) |
- 1897
Built of steel by Scott & Co., Greenock for J. Mardie & Co., Glasgow. She was rigged as a four-masted barque carrying royals over double topgallant sails. - 1924
Sold to Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn and put on the Australian wheat trade. - 1927
Lost her rigging, but managed to sail to Lisbon for repairs. - 20 April 1932
Lost her rigging again, and was condemned in Port Adelaide.
Pictures:
 | The Hougomont in dry dock. |  | The Hougomont having lost her rigging. 1932 |
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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