Altair

A four-masted iron barque built in 1890 by W.H. Potter & Sons, Liverpool. Dimensions 91,64×12,85×7,51 meters [300'8"×42'2"×24'8"] and tonnage 2452 GRT and 2346 NRT. Rigged with double top- and single topgallant sails and royal and sky-sails on the fore and main masts.

1890 August: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Sons, Liverpool, for Boyes & Puyter, Bremen. Captain D.J. Spille was the master of the ship between 1890 and 1902 when he died in Rio de Janeiro.
1895: Sailed from Lizard to Calcutta in 83 days.
1907: Sold to Lewis, Heron & Co., London.
1914/15: Disappeared from Lloyd's Register. Final fate unknown.

Updated 1996-05-26 by Lars Bruzelius.

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