Halewood

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1885 by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, as Yard No. 227. Dimensions 83,66×12,23×7,59 meters [274'3"×40'1"×24'9"] and 2153 GRT, 2100 NRT and 1998 tons under deck. Sisteship to the same owner's ship Woolton (1885).

1885 June: Launched at the shipyard of Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton, for Sailing Ship "Halewood" Co. Ltd. (R.W. Leyland & Co.), Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 91230 and signal KBCJ.
1902 October 16: Rammed by the steam ship Quito while at anchor in the San Francisco Bay.
1906 March 31 - 1911 March 30: In command of Captain Albert Brew.
1906 April 3: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW.
1907 December 8: Arrived to Newcastle, NSW.
1908: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, for Vancouver.
1909 January: Valued at £ 3500.
1909: Sold to the "Gulf Transport Line" of J. H. Welsford & Co. together with the rest of the Leyland fleet.
1910: Sold to A.J. Grefstad, Kristiansand, Norway, for £ 3175.
1914: Sold to S.O. Stray, Kristiansand, for £ 4400 and was renamed Songvig.
1920 February 14: Struck a mine and was lost on the Skerries.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Brew, Steve: Ships and Voyages: Halewood.
Crew Agreements for 1891-1892, 1894, 1898-1901, and 1906 are held by the Maritime History Archive, Canada.
Walker, David: Champion of Sail. R.W. Leyland and his Shipping Line.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986. 4to, 191 pp, ill.

Updated 2003-09-08 by Lars Bruzelius

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