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Drummuir

Drummuir
Photo: South Australia State Library ( A.D. Edwardes Collection PRG 1373639)

Histoire

This bark (4-masted) was built in 1882 by W.H. Potter in Liverpool.

Notes historiques

On December 2, 1914, the SMS Dresden caught the Canadian sailing ship Drummuir, which was carrying 2,750 metric tons (2,710 long tons; 3,030 short tons) of high-grade Cardiff coal. The following morning, the German Navy anchored off Picton Island, where they unloaded the coal from Drummuir into their own auxiliaries. On December 6, 1914 this vessel was sunk at 55°30' S, 65°W.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1882-1889 she was owned by Gillison & Chadwick, Liverpool UK.

In 1899-1910 she was owned by F.W. Webster, Liverpool UK.

In 1900-1905 she was owned by the Ship Drummuir Co. (Western Commercial Company), Victoria BC Canada.

In 1905-1914 she was owned by Barneson & Co., Victoria, BC Canada.

In 1914 she was owned by Rolph Hind & Co., San Francisco CA USA.

Capitaines

Captain R. Chubb (1882); Captain James Eagle (1914);

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