Kylemore

A three-masted steel barque built in 1880 by J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 68,98×11,07×6,73 meters [226'2×36'4×22] and tonnage: 1235 GRT, 1144 NRT and 1900 DWT.

1880: Launched at the shipyard of J. Reid & Co., Port Glasgow, for Nicholson & McGill, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. _____ and signal TKBV.
1880-1884: In command of Captain A. Halladay.
1884-1887: In command of Captain A. Brander.
1887-1894: In command of Captain R. Thompson.
1894: CaptainJ.C. Kitchin.
1894 August 4: Sailed from Liverpool to Iquique in 88 days.
1906: Sold to Kr. Knudsen, Kristiansand, Norway, for £ 2500. Assigned the Norwegian signal KCJV.
1906-1915: In command of Capatin G. Magnusdal.
1916: Sold to A/S Transatlantic (J.M. Larsen), Nyborg, Denmark, for £ 20 000. Assigned the Danish signal NVBD. [Grönstrand has J.J. Larsen]
1925: Sold to Pappas & Pressas, Le Havre, France, but registered under R.H. Bager, Marstal, Denmark, and was renamed Suzanne. She was mainly used in the logwood trade from Jamaica to Le Havre. [Grönstrand has R.K. Bager]
1934: Sold to Gustaf Erikson, Mariehamn, for £ 800 and was renamed Kylemore. Was laid up for most of the time and did only a few trips to Denmark under the command of K.J. Eriksson.
1936 November: Sold to Leth & Co., Hamburg, to be broken up.
1937 January 7: Sailed from Mariehamn to Hamburg where she arrived on January 16th.

Updated 1997-06-12 by Lars Bruzelius

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