Marlborough Hill

A four-masted iron barque built in 1885 by W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool. Dimensions: 91,55×12,85×7,48 meters [300'5"×42'2"×24'7"] and tonnage: 2531 GRT and 2443 NRT.

Rigged with sky sails over royal sails, double top and topgallant sails. The lower and to masts were in one piece.

Sistership to the same owner's ship Holt Hill (1884).

1885 January: Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool, for W. Price & Co., Liverpool.
1885-1891: In command of Captain W. Lang.
1892: In command of Captain J. Trethowan.
1893-1902: In command of Captain W. Lang.
1902-1908: In command of Captain E.E. Jones.
1911: Sold to Robert Mattson, Mariehamn, for £ 4875 or FIM 101.560 [FIM 125.000 is also mentioned]. The Finnish measurements were 89,25×12,75×7,67 meters and 2418 NRT. Captain Karl Evert Erikson of Jormala Ytterby.
1912: Sailed from Antofagasta to Le Havre with a cargo of nitrate.
1914: Captain Hjalmar Jansson (Jansén), Lumparland.
1916: Sailed from Miramichi, NB, to Belfast with a cargo of sawed pitchpine.
1916: Sailed from New York to Melbourne with 95.000 cases of oil. To be able to load in the harbour of New York the top-gallant masts had to be rigged down to get under the bridges.
1917-1919: Captain Nikolai Törnqvist, Lemland.
1917: Sailed from Australia to Brest with a cargo of wheat at 170s per ton.
1920-1923: Captain Isidor Erikson.
1921 September 17 - December 15: Sailed from Port Lincoln to Queenstown in 91 days. The cargo of wheat was ordered to be discharged at Cardiff.
1923: Captain Johan August Danielsson, Tranvik.
1924 June 19 - August 13: Sailed from Melbourne for Caleta Buena in 55 days.
1924: Sailed from Caleta Buena with a cargo of nitrate for Granville where she arrived on December 19 via the Panama Canal.
1924: Sold to Soc. Anon. Ferreira, Montanella, for £ 4400 to be broken up [Kåhre has £4875].
1924 December 18: Delivered to the new owners at Granville.
1925: Broken up in Italy.

Images

Under all sail. Starboard side. From Ålands Sjöfartsmuseum [54 kB JPG]
Under all sail. Port side. From Ålands Sjöfartsmuseum [63 kB JPG]

Updated 1997-06-05 by Lars Bruzelius.

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