County of Clare

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1884 by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton. Dimensions 235'6"×38'3"×23'2" and 1538 GRT, 1498 NRT and 1538 tons under deck. Originally rigged with a main skysail.

1884 September: Launched at the shipyard of Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, for R.J. Swyny, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 91166 and signal JQVF.
1884: The first master of the ship was Captain J. McNeill.
1898/99: Sold to Laivanvarusyhtiö Raumo, Rauma, Finland, and was renamed Sylfid. The Finnish measurements were 1545 GRT and 1468 NRT. Captain K.S. Ahlsvik.
1902: Captain Juho Hellström.
1903: Sold to Gabr. Granlund.
1904: Captain W. Nylund.
1907: Sold to K. Fr. Sjöblom.
1907: Captain E. Engblom.
1914: Owned by N. Panelius.
191_: Sold to AB Tonnage (A. Cordelin) for FIM 292 500.
191_: Sold to Rythi.
c1920: Sold to the Finnish Transocean Trading Co., Rauma.
1923: Sold 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 1997-04-24 by Lars Bruzelius

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