Alastor

Date of launch1875
Place of launchSunderland
Type3-masted iron barque
GRT860
NRT797
DWT-
Length59.5 m (195.4 ft)
Beam9.6 m (31.5 ft)
Draft5.6 m (18.5 ft)

Later names: Bounty (1940)

  • 1875
    Built of iron by Mounsey & Foster, Sunderland for R.H. Penney, Shoreham. She was rigged as a three-masted barque carrying royals and main skysail over single topgallant sails and double topsails.

  • 1895
    Sold to M.F. Stray, Kristiansand, Norway. Later owned by Hans Hansen, Brevik.

  • 1928
    Sold to Karl Schröder et al, Hanko, Finland.

  • 1939
    Laid up in Blackwater River. Later sold to Capt W. Lancaster, Ramsgate and used as a restaurant named Bounty.

  • 1952
    Scrapped.


References:
  • Sten Lille, Lars Grönstrand: Suomen valtameripurjehtijat, ISBN 951-9064-31-1, published by Etelä-Suomen Kustannus Oy 1979

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