Otterspool

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1884 by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co., Jarrow. Dimensions 81,28×12,02×7,17 meters [266'5"×39'4"×23'5"] and 1850 GRT, 1798 NRT and 1752 tons under deck.

1884 November: Launched at the shipyard of Palmers Co., Newcastle, for Sailing Ship Otterspool Co. Ltd. (R.W. Leyland & Co.), Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 91173 and signal JSHN.
1900 August 10: Sailed from Newcastle-on-Tyne with a cargo of coal for Iquique.
1900 November 4: Burnt at Caldera. The coal cargo had caught fire a couple of days before the arrival to Caldera but proved impossible to extinguish. The hull and the cargo of coal was later sold at auction.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Walker, David: Champion of Sail. R.W. Leyland and his Shipping Line.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986. 4to, 191 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-15 by Lars Bruzelius

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