Lochee

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1874 by Alex. Stephen & Sons, Dundee, as Yard No. 57. Dimensions 264'2"×39'0"×23'4" and tonnage 1812 GRT, 1728 NRT and 1603 tons under deck.

1874 August: Launched at the shipyard of Alex. Stephen & Sons, Dundee, for Dundee Clipper Line (David Bruce), Dundee. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 68273 and signal NLQT.
1876: Captain Paton was given command of the ship.
1896: Sold to John Rivell, Nystad. The Finnish measurements were 1753 GRT and 1670 NRT. Captain C.F. Sjöroos.
c1900: Re-rigged as barque.
1904: Captain A. Sillsten.
1909: Captain Gustaf Erikson.
1913: Captain E.W. Mattsson.
1915: Sold to H. Piaggio, Genoa, and was renamed Elena.
1919: Sold to Hijos Joaquin Pujol, Barcelona, and was renamed Joaquin Pujol.
1929 November: Broken up at Savona.

References:

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

Updated 1997-06-14 by Lars Bruzelius

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