物語
This bark (clipper-rigged) was built in 1866 by Robert Steele & Co. in Greenock, Scotland.
歴史的注記
This vessel was launched on November 26, 1866. At her launchings, this vesselmeasured in length, 200 feet; breadth, 36 feet; depth, 21 feet; and despite her size only displaced 879 tons. Her framework was iron, but this vessel still had wood planking. Her masts and spars were also made of iron.
In 1870 this vessel beat the arrival of the Cutty Sark and Taeping to Shanghai.
In 1871 this vessel beat the Cutty Sark and Thermopylae from Foochow to London.
In 1872 this vessel had her rigging reduced. This vessel was a former tea clipper, one of the fastest clippers ever built - her best run was 105 days in 1889.
In 1886 this vessel carried general cargo, supplies, and the pilings for the western terminus of the C.P.R. Railroad at Port Moody. This vessel carried the first shipment of canned salmon, in 1889, around the Horn to to the UK under charter to Henry Bell-Irving after delivering a cargo of rails to Vancouver. This 1892 voyage was her last annual supply service to BC operated by the HBC 1923-1892.
In 1910 this vessel was broken up at Marseilles, France.
所有者と船長
In 1866-1885 she was owned by Shaw, Lowther, Maxton & Co., London UK.
In 1885-1892 she was owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., London UK.
In 1892 she was owned by Maresca, Castellamare, and was placed in the Mauritius and South America trade.
In 1893-1900 she was owned by Pollio & Company, Maresca, Castellamare, and was placed in the Mauritius and South America trade.
In 1900 she was sold.
In 1910 she was broken up.
船長
Captain R. Deas (1865); Captain W.H. Burgoyne (1866-1870); Captain J. Dowdy (1870-1886); Captain Hunt (1873); Captain J. England (1875); Captain Dandy Dunn (1886-1890); Captain Selby (1891-1892); Captain Leboffe;
