Montrose

Date of launch1863
Place of launchGlasgow
Type3-masted iron ship
GRT1022
NRT984
DWT-
Length59.9 m (196.5 ft)
Beam10.7 m (35.0 ft)
Draft6.5 m (21.2 ft)

Later names: Montrosa (1888)
Re-riggings: 3m barque (1885)

  • 1863
    Built of iron by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow for Greenshields, Cowie & Co., Liverpool. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged ship carrying royals over single topgallant sails. She was used on the Australian emigrant trade.

  • 1885
    Rigged down to a barque.

  • 1888
    Sold to H.P Breckwoldt Jr., Hamburg and renamed Montrosa.

  • 1898
    Sold to Manuel Eriksson et.al., Åland Islands.

  • 1916
    The vessel's crew attempted to sink the ship but she was salvaged to Hull.

  • October 1928
    Sought refuge in Cuxhaven severely damaged by a storm in the North Sea. Towed to London and condemned.

  • 1929
    Sold to Brugge, Belgium to be scrapped.


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

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