Ben Lawers

An iron barque built in 1878 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions 186'6"×x30'6"×18'0" and 722 GRT, 664 NRT.

1878: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for H. Gourlay & Co., Glasgow.
1899: Sold to Mentz, Decker & Co., Hamburg, and was renamed Vidylia.
1914: Sold to K.A. Johansson and partners, Vårdö, Åland, for £ 2050.
1927: Sold to Vigo, Spain, to be used as acoal hulk.
1929: 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 1997-04-12 by Lars Bruzelius