Eden

Date of launch1863
Place of launchStockton
Type3-masted iron barque
GRT509
NRT490
DWT-
Length46.8 m (153.5 ft)
Beam8.0 m (26.2 ft)
Draft5.2 m (17.1 ft)

Re-riggings: 3m barquentine (1902)

  • 1863
    Built of iron by M. Pearce & Co., Stockton for Joseph Steel & Son, Liverpool. She was rigged as a three-masted barque carrying royals over single topgallant sails.

  • 1875
    Sold to James Tweedie, Liverpool.

  • 1885
    Sold to a shipping company in Bremen.

  • 1888
    Sold to J.J. Wallis & Sohn, Barth, Germany.

  • 1900
    Sold to J.P. Karlsson, Turku, Finland.

  • 1902
    Sold to Libau where she was rerigged as a barquentine.

  • 1903
    Sold to Bombay where she was scrapped some years later.


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

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