Drumcraig

A four-masted iron barque built in 1885 by Barrow Shipbuilding Co., Barrow-in-Furness. Dimensions: 85,44×12,51×7,13 meters [280'4"×41'1"×23'5"] and tonnage: 1970 GRT and 1919 NRT.

Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

1885 January: Launched at the shipyard of Barrow Shipbuilding Co., Barrow-in-Furness, for Gillison & Chadwick, Liverpool. Captain T.S Bailey.
1902: Sold to Western Commercial Co., Victoria, BC. Captain A. McCallum.
1905: Sold to Barneson, Ross & Co., Victoria, BC.
1905 September 20: Left Astoria for Manilla.
1906 March 19: A bottle was found which contained a message which told that the ship had found foundered at 43°N, 127°W.

Updated 1996-10-13 by Lars Bruzelius.

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