City of Benares

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1882 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow. Dimensions 259'0"×38'2"×23'0" and 1652 GRT, 1574 NRT, 1525 tons under deck and 2400 DWT.

1882 September: Launched at the shipyard of Barclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow, for G. Smith & Sons, Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 86696 and signal WPJK. Captain R. Adair was given command of the ship.
1900 January: Sold to Gabriel Rivell and partners, Nystad, Finland. The Finnish measurements were 1652 GRT and 1499 NRT.
1911 October 1: Wrecked at Westkapelle, Walcheren, on voyage from Queenstown to Sundsvall. Of the crew, 10 were rescued while the other 11 were lost.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius

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