Queen of Scots

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1877 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton. Dimensions 229'4"×38'0"×22'8" and tonnage 1444 GRT and 1374 NRT. Later reduced to barque rig.

1877: Launched at the shipyard of Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton, for Donald Kennedy & Co., Liverpool. Used in the coolie trade from Calcutta.
1904: Sold to M. Olsen, Porsgrund, Norway.
1916: Owned by Larsen & Mikkelsen, Sandefjord.
1919: Sold to Carl Wildhagen, Sandefjord.
1920: Sold to W.K. Jansén, Åbo. Captain Julius Westerberg.
1925: Was dismasted on voyage from Mazorca Islands, Peru, with a cargo of guano for London. Had to seek refuge in Valparaiso where she was condemned.
1925 August: Converted into a barge.

References:

Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 30 (1992).

Updated 1997-04-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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