Wanlock

An iron barque built in 1875 by London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Glasgow, as yard no. 187. Dimensions: 189'7"×31'3"×19'1" and tonnage: 777 GRT, 745 NRT and 713 tons under deck.

1875 December: Launched at the shipyard of London & Glasgow Engineering & Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Glasgow, for R. Bramwell, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 73611 and signal PHVT.
1884: Captain Cooper.
1880s: Owners changed to Bramwell & Gardner, London.
1894: Sold to W.I. Jacobs & Co., London.
1903 April: Sold to Gustaf Magnus Magnusson and partners, Råå. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 4160 and signal JNGS. The new measurements were 56,44×9,34×5,81 meters and 770 GRT, 695 NRT and 1120 DWT.
1903 May: Sailed from London to South Africa under command of Captain Gustaf Magnus Magnusson.
1908 October: Captain Gustaf Albin Andersson, Råå.
1909 February 8: Captain Johan Martin Björk, Råå.
1918 March: Sold to Rederi AB Vala (Otto Hillerström), Helsingborg.
1918 April: Captain John Andersson, Brantevik.
1918 May 31: Sailed from Liverpool with a cargo of coal for Isafjord, Iceland.
1918 June 2: Was fired at by a German submarine. The crew left the ship which disappeared in the setting fog. The Wanlock was later found still floating and was brought into Buncrana.
1918 July 14: Continued the voyage after temporary repairs.
1918 July 16: Sunk by a German submarine 60 miles NW Fanad Point.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).

Updated 1997-04-16 by Lars Bruzelius

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