Calluna

A steel ship built in 1891 by Charles Connell & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions: 230'_"×36'_"×21'_" and tonnage: 2300 GRT, 1346 NRT and ____ tons under deck.

1891: Launched at the shipyard of Charles Connell & Co., Glasgow, for The Calluna Ship Co. (J.D. Clink), Greenock. Assigned the official British Reg. No. ____ and signal ____.
1907: Management of the ship transferred to Lang & Fulton, Greenock.
1910-1916: Sold to R. Harsen, Kristiania, Norway.
1910: Sold to Rederiaktieselskabet Limfjorden, Ålborg, Denmark.
1917 April 23: Sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic on voyage from Ålborg to New York with a cargo of chalk.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Hume, John R. & Moss, Michael S.: A Bed of Nails. The History of P. MacCallum & Sons, Ltd of Greenock 1781-1981, a Study in Survival.
Lang & Fulton, Greenock, (c1982). 8vo, xii, 148 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-07-05 by Lars Bruzelius

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