Cairnsmore

Three-masted iron [?] barque built in 1884 by J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow, as NB 7. Dimensions: 58,10×9,95×6,22 meters and tonnage: 906 GRT, 784 NRT, and 1380 DWT.

1884: Launched at the shipyard of J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow, for Nicholson & M'Gill, Liverpool.
1899: Sold to J.&J. Rae & Co. Liverpool.
1907: Sold to Christoffer Hannevig, Horten, Norway.
1916: Equipped with two oil-engines of 125 hp each driving two propellors.
1916 April 10: Sold to Captain Helmer Modin, Stockholm, for SEK 350.000 and renamed Hofvid. Assigned the official Swedish Registration No. 5828. The new measurements were 58,10×9,95×6,22 meters and tonnage: 906 GRT, 784 NRT, and 1380 DWT.
1916 June: Left Moss under command of Captain Harald Ödman, Gothenburg.
1918 April 13: Stranded South of Pernambuco, Brasil, with a cargo of linseed.
1918 September 5: Sold at an auction to buyers in Bahia, probably broken up on the spot.

References:

Squarerigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1998-06-13 by Lars Bruzelius

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