Auchencairn

A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by Ritson & Co., Maryport. Dimensions 87,64×12,24×7,11 meters [287'7"×40'2"×23'4"] and tonnage 2040 GRT and 1925 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top- and topgallant sails.

1891 October: Launched at the shipyard of Ritson & Co., Maryport, for Ritson & Co., Maryport. Captain W. Nelson.
1893: Sailed from Great Britain to San Francisco in 110 days.
1894: Sailed from Great Britain to Portland, OR, in 108 days.
1894-1895: Sailed from Astoria, OR, to Queenstown in 110 days.
1895: Sailed from Fleetwood to Portland, OR, in 116 days.
1895 November: Sailed from Portland, OR, for Falmouth for orders, from where she sailed to Antwerp and arrived on March 7.
1897: Sold to Rhederei Visurgis AG, Bremen, and was renamed Nomia.
1912 July 10: Left Newcastle, NSW, for Antofagasta.
1912 July 16: Wrecked in a hurricane at 42° S, 1600° E.

Updated 1996-05-26 by Lars Bruzelius.

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