Drummuir

A four-masted iron ship built in 1882 by W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool. Dimensions: 82,41×11,93×7,31 meters [270'5"×39'2"×24'0"] and tonnage: 1844 GRT and 1798 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails. Furrer mentions that she was equipped with a main skysail.

1882 August: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool, for Gillison & Chadwick, Liverpool. Captain R. Chubb.
1899: Sold to F.W. Webster, Liverpool.
1900: Sold to Western Commercial Co., Victoria, BC.
1905: Sold to Barneson & Co., Victoria, BC.
1914: Sold to Rolph Hind Co., Victoria, BC.
1914 December 2: On voyage to San Francisco with a cargo of coal she was captured by a German squadron made up of the battle cruisers Leipzig, Gneisenau, and Nürnberg. The cargo of coal was transferred to the warships.
1914 December 6: Sunk at 55°30' S, 65°W.

Updated 1996-10-13 by Lars Bruzelius.

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