Talavera

A four-masted iron barque built in 1882 by Birrell, Stenhouse & Co., Dunbarton. Dimensions: 81,12×12,19×7,16 meters [266'2"×40'0"×23'6"] and tonnage: 1796 GRT and 1730 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

1882 June 16: Launched at the shipyard of Birrell, Stenhouse & Co., Dunbarton, as Yard No. 35 for John Hardie, Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 86668.
1882-1893: Under command of Captain J. Robson late of the same owner's fullrigged ship Salamanca (1877).
1882: Sailed from Glasgow to Melbourne in 91 days.
1885: Sailed from London to Calcutta in 85 days.
1886 February 16: Sailed from London to Melbourne in 89 days. The former tea-clipper Cutty Sark sailed from London for Anjer the following day and the two ships passed the Cape of Good Hope on the same day.
1888: Sailed from London to Melbourne in 73 days.
1889: Transferred to John Hardie & Co.
1890: Sailed from Algoa to Lyttleton in 30 days.
1891: Sailed from London to Sydney in 85 days.
1892: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Valparaiso in 37 days.
1892: Sailed from Iquique to Falmouth in 92 days.
1893: Captain McCleave replaced Captain Robson who was taking command of the new fourmasted barque Corunna.
1896 February 12: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, to Valparaiso with a part coal cargo.
1896 May 1: Stranded on Santa Maria Island on voyage from Valparaiso to Conception Bay in ballast.

Updated 1997-01-24 by Lars Bruzelius.

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