Snaigow

A four-masted steel barque built in 1890 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 86,12×13,10×7,33 meters [282'7"×43'0"×24'1"] and tonnage 2384 GRT and 2264 NRT. Rigged in jubilee fashion, i.e. with nothing above double top and topgallant sails.

1890 September

Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for D. Bruce & Co., Dundee. Captain J. Walker.

1898

Sold to J. Tidemann & Co., Bremen, and was renamed Ecuador. Captain J. Westphal.

1907

Sold to J.C. Pflüger & Co., Bremen, and was renamed H. Hackfield.

1914

Interned at Caleta Coloso for the duration of the war.

1921

Delivered to Italy as war damage compensation.

Updated 1997-01-30 by Lars Bruzelius.

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