Bacchus

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1867 by G.R. Clover & Co., Birkenhead. Dimensions 216'0"×36'2"×23'7" and tonnage 1234 GRT, 1250 NRT and 1199 tons under deck.

1867 August: Launched at the shipyard of G.R. Clover, Birkenhead, for R. Hughes & Co., Menai Bridge, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 60005 and signal KBLC.
1886: Captain Evans was given command of the vessel.
1898: Sold to August Troberg, Mariehamn, for FIM 70.000. The Finnish measurements were 63,2×11,1×7,32 meters.
1902 November 11: Grounded near Leeman Owers on the English East coast on voyage from Fredrikstad to Delagoa Bay with a cargo of timber. The ship, which had spung a leak and got seven yards broken, was brought to Hull by English steam trawlers where she was condemned.
1903 January: The wreck was sold for £ 1150 to be broken up.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1998-01-09 by Lars Bruzelius

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