Winefred

An iron fullrigged ship built in 1855 by G. Cram & Co., Chester. Dimensions 219'0"×35'9"×21'9" and 1359 GRT and 1359 NRT.

1855: Launched at the shipyard of G. Cram & Co., Chester, for Sharples & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 24168 and signal NVQD.
1882: Captain E.J. Ellis.
1884 [1882?]: Sold to Taylor, Sons & Co., London. [According to Lloyd's Register 1889-1890, Capt. Ellis was appointed to the Winefred in 1882, the same year he came to Taylor, Sons & Co.
1894 March: Sold to J.W. Söderlund, Rauma, Finland. The Finnish measurements were 1359 GRT and 1198 NRT. Captain W. Laine.
1895: Captain G.W. Wass.
1900: Sold to Armando Marius & Co., Manaos, Brazil, and converted to a barge,

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-04-26 by Lars Bruzelius