Jamacia

An iron barque built in 1875 by Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, as yard no. 67. Dimensions: 178'5"×29'8"×19'2" and tonnage: 718 GRT, 699 NRT, 672 tons under deck and 1235 DWT.

1875 March: Launched at the shipyard of Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, for P. Denniston & Co., Glasgow. Assigned the official British Registration No. 71718 and signal NVPF.
1879: LR 1879-80: Master: Captain W. Mathews.
1885: Captain J.C.H. Siebert.
1890: Sold to Bq Jamacia Co. Lim. (H. Chaplin & Co.), London.
1896: Sold to P.A. Schiaffino fu G., Genoa.
1908: Sold to P. Vidal, Montevideo, and was renamed Carolina.
1915 November: Sold to Sten Aurell, Stockholm. Seller was Walter Wrightson, Mobile. The noew tonnage measurements were 718 GRT and 699 NRT.
1915 December 15: Sprung a leak in the Gulf of Mexico on voyage from Freeport, TX, with a cargo of sulphur for Gothenburg. Returned to the Freeport roads where she sank.

References:

Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius

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