A four-masted steel barque built in 1894 by J. Reid & Co.,
Glasgow. Dimensions: 91,91×13,15×7,46 meters
[301'7"×43'2"×24'6"] and tonnage GRT and NRT. Rigged in jubilee
fashion i.e. nothing over double top and topgallant sails. -
1894 June - Launched at the shipyard of J. Reid & Co., Glasgow,
for Aitken, Lilburn & Co., Glasgow. Captain Colin McLeod. - Sold
to Rhederei Akt. Gesellschaft von 1896, Hamburg, and renamed
Octavia. Captain E. Butz. - Destroyed by fire when the cargo
coal ignited off the Patagonian coast. The burnt out hull lay in
Bahia Blanca - The hull was used in building of the steamer -
Once more destroyed by fire, this time at Puerto Deseado. - Port
quarter. Under tow. [NMM P.408] Updated 1998-01-02 by Lars
Bruzelius. Sjöhistoriska Samfundet | The Maritime History
Virtual Archives | Four-masted ships & barques | Copyright ©
1996 Lars Bruzelius.