L'Impératrice

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1869 by W. Pile & Co., Sunderland. Dimensions 187'7"×30'6"×18'6" and 717 GRT and 676 NRT and 633 tons.

1869 January: Launched at the shipyard of W. Pile & Co., Sunderland, for A. Pardew, Sunderland. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 60909 and signal HRCQ.
1870/71: Sold to Devitt & Moore, London, and was renamed Outalpa.
1871-1872: In command of Captain H.N. Forbes.
1872-1875: In command of Captain J.H. Barrett.
1875-1876: In command of Captain T.A. Odell.
1876-1880: In command of Captain R. Watts.
1880-1881: In command of Captain B.G. Panton late of the same owner's ship Pekina.
1881 April 8: Sold to Conrad Hinrich Donner, Hamburg, and was renamed Dido. The German measurements were 57,30×9,33×5,76 meters and 695 NRT.
1881-1883: In command of Captain F.G. Crantz.
1883 August 26: Stranded one mile E of Kedgets, County Cork, Ireland, and became a total loss. The crew of 14 was saved.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Course, A.G.: Painted Ports. The story of the ships of Messrs Devitt and Moore.
Hollis & Carter, London, 1961. 8vo, x, 230 pp, 6 plates.
Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).

Updated 1997-05-07 by Lars Bruzelius