Lindisfarne

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1886 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton. Dimensions 250'8"×39'0"×24'0" and 1724 GRT, 1669 NRT and 1622 tons under deck.

1886 February: Launched at the shipyard of Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton, for W. Just, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 91904 and signal ____.
1888: Captain Esson was appointed master of the ship.
18__: Sold to J. Lidgett & Sons, London. [LR 1889-90]
1907: Sold to A.E. Blom, Nystad.
1907-1917: Captain E.W. Hellsten.
1917 May 8: Torpedoed by a German submarine off Le Havre on voyage from Caleta Coloso to Le Havre.

References:

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

Updated 1997-04-27 by Lars Bruzelius

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