St Vincent

A composite full-rigged ship built in 1865 by W. Pile & Co., Sunderland. Dimensions: 190'0"×35'0"×18'9" and tonnage: 892 GRT, 892 NRT and 775 tons under deck.

1865 July: Launched at the shipyard of W. Pile & Co., Sunderland, for Devitt & Moore, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 52770 and signal HDRK. Employed in the Australian trade.
1865-1872: In command of Captain Alex. Louttit.
1873-1875: In command of Captain W.H. Bisset.
1875-1881: In command of Captain J.H. Barrett late of the same owner's ship Outalpa.
1878 October 27: "Struck by a heavy squall, sustained severe damage to spars, losing bowsprit, headgear, ..."
1881-1884: In command of Captain A.J. Ismay late of the same owner's ship Dunbar Castle.
1884-1887: In command of Captain Malcolm Nicholson late of the same owner's four-masted barque Simla.
1884: Reduced to barque rig.
188_: Sold to Norwegian owners and was renamed Axel.
1907: Broken up at Dunkerque.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Course, A.G.: Painted Ports. The story of the ships of Messrs Devitt and Moore.
Hollis & Carter, London, 1961. 8vo, x, 230 pp, 6 plates.
Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).

Updated 1997-05-07 by Lars Bruzelius

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