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An iron barque built in 1889 by Charles Connell & Co., Glasgow, as Yard No. 160. Dimensions: 258'8"×38'7"×22'7" and tonnage: 1663 GRT, 1691 NRT and ____ tons under deck.

1889: Launched at the shipyard of Charles Connell & Co., Glasgow.
1889 April 27: Delivered to Alb. Evers & Classen, Hamburg. Assigned the official German signal RHWV. Captain D.J. Spille.
1898: Sold to Åbo Rederiaktiebolg (G.A. Lindblom), Åbo, Finland. The Finnish measurements were 75,4×11,6×6,9 meters. Captain Wilhelm Fagerholm was given command of the vessel.
1900 November 19: The coal cargo caught fire on voyage from Hamburg to China and the ship was abandoned near the Fiji Islands. The wreck was later towed by a steamer to Suva. Later sold to Union Steam Co., New Zealand, and used as a coal hulk at Wellington.
1949: Scuttled at sea off the Wellington Heads.

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Square-rigged ships, general references.

Updated 1998-01-09 by Lars Bruzelius

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