Bacchus

Date of launchAugust 1867
Place of launchBirkenhead
Type3-masted iron ship
GRT-
NRT1250
DWT-
Length63.2 m (207.3 ft)
Beam11.1 m (36.4 ft)
Draft7.3 m (24.0 ft)

  • 1867
    Built of iron by G.R. Clover in Birkenhead for R. Hughes & Co., Menai Bridge, Liverpool. She was rigged as a three-masted full-rigged ship carrying royals over single topgallant sails and double topsails.

  • 1898
    Bought by August Troberg, Mariehamn.

  • 11 November 1902
    Grounded at Leeman Owers, England, on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Delagoa Bay. Towed to Hull and condemned.

  • January 1903
    Sold as scrap to a Dutch company.


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

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