| Date of launch | 1890 |
|---|---|
| Place of launch | Glasgow |
| Type | 5-masted steel barque |
| GRT | 3784 |
| NRT | 3624 |
| DWT | - |
| Length | 110.0 m (361.0 ft) |
| Beam | 14.8 m (48.7 ft) |
| Draft | 7.8 m (25.7 ft) |
- 1890
Built of steel by D&W Henderson & Son, Glasgow, for A.D. Bordes, Dunkerque. She was the first five-masted barque in the world, and carried royals over double topgallant sails. - 1901
Abandoned after her cargo of coal had shifted. The crew was picked up by the German four-masted barque Hebe.
Pictures:
 | The France |  | The France |
References:
- 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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