Balmoral

A four-masted iron barque built in 1892 by W.H. Potter & Co., Liverpool. Dimensions 91,95×12,71×7,46 meters [301'8"×41'9"×24'6"] and tonnage 2614 GRT and 2449 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top- and topgallant sails.

1892 July: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Co., Liverpoll, for Macvicar, Marshall Co., Liverpool. Captain J. Campbell.
1898 June: Was in a collision with the fourmasted barque Glenericht.
1910: Sold to G. Windram & Co., Liverpool.
1911: Sold to A. fu P. Milesi, Genova.
1916 August 12: Under command of Capt. Antonip Massone she was sunk by a German submarine at Capo Mele on voyage from Europe to South America.

Updated 1996-06-01 by Lars Bruzelius.

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