Vimeira

A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by C. Connell & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 86,35×12,92×7,48 meters [283'4"×42'5"×24'7"] and tonnage: 2233 GRT and 2163 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails.

Sistership to the same owner's four-masted barque Pyrénées (1891) and to Dink's Thistle (1891).

1891 June 19: Launched at the shipyard of C. Connell & Co., Glasgow, for J. Hardie & Co., Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 98650.
1910 January 10 - April 18: Sailed from Sydney to Falmouth for orders in 98 days.
1912 November 13 - January 19: Sailed from Rio de Janeiro to . . .
1918/9: In command of Captain John Cameron, late First Mate of the same owner's four-masted barque Archibald Russell.
1919 December 21 - February 6: Sailed from Queenstown to Buenos Aires in 47 days.
1920 March 24 - May 28: Sailed from La Plata to Queenstown in 57 days.
1924: Sold to T.G. Duriaz and broken up at Dunkerque.

Updated 1997-02-15 by Lars Bruzelius.

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