Robert Duncan

A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 85,20×12,82×7,43 meters [279'7"×42'1"×24'5"] and tonnage 2166 GRTand 2005 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double top and single topgallant sails.

1891 January: Launched at the shipyard of R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow, for Leitch & Muir, Greenock. Captain R. Falconer.
1910: Sold to A.P. Rolph, Greenock, and was renamed William T. Lewis. Captain E.E. Manning.
1918: Sold to J. Rolph, San Francisco.
1927: Sold to J. Griffith, Seattle.
1935: Sold to Island Tug & Barge Co., Victoria, BC, and re-built as towbarge and was renamed Fibreboard.
1940: Still in existance.

Updated 1997-01-29 by Lars Bruzelius.

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