| Date of launch | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Port Glasgow |
| Type | 3-masted iron ship |
| GRT | 1332 |
| NRT | 1279 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 64.7 m (212.2 ft) |
| Beam | 10.4 m (34.3 ft) |
| Draft | 7.2 m (23.5 ft) |
Later names: Ocean (1889)
Re-riggings: 3m barque (1892)
- 1873
Built of iron by J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow for W.C. Battersby & Co., Liverpool. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged ship carrying royals over single topgallant sails. - 1889
Sold to Evers & Classen, Hamburg. Renamed Ocean. - 1892
Rigged down to a barque. - 1898
Sold to August Troberg, Mariehamn. - 4 November 1911
Wrecked on the west coast of the Isle of Islay, on a voyage from Dublin to Moss. Captain G.E. Gustafsson and three of the crew were drowned.
References:
- Sten Lille, Lars Grönstrand: Suomen valtameripurjehtijat, ISBN 951-9064-31-1, published by Etelä-Suomen Kustannus Oy 1979
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