King Edward

A steel fullrigged ship built in 1891 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions 260'_"×38'_"×23'_" and 1734 GRT, 1657 NRT and 2800 DWT.

1891: Launched at the shipyard of Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, for King Shipping Co. (J.A. Walker & Co.), Glasgow. Assigned the official British Reg. No. _____ and signal ____.
1910 November 11: Sold to J. Saarinen and partners, Nystad, Finland, for £ 3400. Captain Grönroos was given command of the ship.
1913: Captain A. Nylund succeded Captain Grönroos.
1915 August 22: Sailed from Sabine Pass for Buenos Ayres. In the middle of the month she was sighted from a British steamer flying a flag of distress. Due to the violent typhoon no assistance could be given.
1915 September 12: A lifeboat which has belonged to the King Edward drifted ashore at Mobile. Nothing else was ever learnt about the fate of the ship.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-21 by Lars Bruzelius