Lalla Rookh
Iron barque built in 1876 by R.J. Evans & Co., Liverpool.
Dimensions 196'3"×31'9"×19'7" and tonnage 814 GRT, 814 NRT, and 1350 DWT.
- 1876 July
- Launched at the shipyard of R.J. Evans & Co., Liverpool, for E.C. Friend & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Registration No. 74542 and signal QFBT.
- 1886
- Captain R. Kinnear.
- 1898
- Sold to the Newark Shipping Co. (Nicholson & Co.),
Liverpool.
- 1904
- Sold to Lever Bros., Liverpool. Used in the South Pacific
copra trade. [Lille has 1903]
- 1905 March 21
- Sailed from Brisbane to Falmouth in 199 days under Captain Crawley.
- 1905
- Sold to O.T. Tørnevold, Grimstad, Norway, and was
renamed Effendi.
- 1919
- Sold to H.T. Realfsen, Skien, and was renamed
Belona.
- 1921
- Laid up at Skien, Norway.
- 1923 March
- Sold to Verner Hacklin, Räfsö Finland, for
£ 1800 and was renamed Karhu.
- 1926 February
- Sold to Gustav Erikson, Mariehamn, and given back
her original name. Captain Isidor Eriksson was given command of the vessel.
- 1928
- Captain K.V. Karlsson.
- 1928 late autumn
- Sold to Brügge to be broken up.
References:
- Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.
Updated 1997-04-05 by
Lars Bruzelius
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