Antilles

An iron barque built in 1869 by A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton. Dimensions 158'5"×27'8"×16'5" and 514 GRT, 498 NRT and 469 tons under deck.

1869 January: Launched at the shipyard of A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, for McArthur & Co., Greenock. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 72078 and signal JGBM.
1871: Sold to A. Rae & Co., Liverpool.
1884: Captain Murdoch.
1894 May 2: Sold to Nils Magnus Påhlson and partners, Helsingborg, for £ 1900 and was renamed Hedvig. 1340 and JCQK. The tonnage was 510 GRT, 488 NRT and 875 DWT. Captain Anders Påhlsson, Helsingborg.
1903 February: Sold to Gustaf Henrik Witt and partners, Helsingborg. Captain August Brynolf Jönsson, Råå.
1903 September 10: Collided with an unknown sailing vessel, probably the barque Mathilda of Mölle, and was rendered un-manoeuvrable. Subsequently wrecked in a storm at Södra Herta, Bua, on voyage from Yarmouth to Vasa in ballast.
1903 October: The wreck was sold to Aron Svahn, Kungsbacka, for SEK 4000 to be broken up on the spot.

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Updated 1997-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius