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A four-masted iron barque built in 1865 by W. Denny & Bros., Dumbarton, as a barque rigged steamship named A. Lopez but re-built and re-rigged as a four-masted barque in 1891. Dimensions 85,95×11,70×7,74 meters [282'0"×38'5"×25'5"] and tonnage 1962 GRT and 1860 NRT. Rigged as rebuilt with royal sails above double top- and single topgallant sails.

1865 November 21: Launched at the shipyard of W. Denny & Bros., Dumbarton, for A. Lopez & Co., Alicante (Compania Transatlantica, Barcelona), as a barque rigged steamer.
1878: The original engine was replaced with a compound steam engine.
1885: Renamed P[atricio] de Satrustegui.
1891: Sold to G.C. Dobell & Co., Liverpool, and re-built as a four-masted barque.
1903: Sold to A. Sutherland, Valparaiso.
1906: Sold to Soc. Nacional de Buques y Mederas, Valparaiso.
1918: Sold to A.E. Sutherland & M.A. Salvo, Valparaiso.
1920: Sold to Gasoliba Alvargouyales S.A., Barcelona, and was renamed Cisneros.
1922: Sold to M. Lopez Marin, Barcelona.
1927: Hulked at Buenos Aires.

References:

Four- and five masted ships, general references.
David John Lyon: The Denny List.
National Maritime Museum, London, 1975. 4 vols, 4to.

Updated 1996-07-12 by Lars Bruzelius.

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